Headlight
[hed-lahyt] /ˈhɛdˌlaɪt/
noun
1.
a or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
/ˈhɛdˌlaɪt/
noun
1.
a powerful light, equipped with a reflector and attached to the front of a motor vehicle, locomotive, etc See also quartz-iodine lamp
n.
1861, originally of ships and locomotives, from head (n.) + light (n.). Related: Headlights, which, as slang for “a woman’s breasts,” is from 1940s.
verb phrase
To have several drinks of liquor: He had only hung a few on and was, for him, slightly sober (1950s+)
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