headlight

[hed-lahyt] /ˈhɛdˌlaɪt/
noun
1.
a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
Origin
1860-65, Americanism; head + light1
British Dictionary definitions for headlights

headlight

/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
Word Origin and History for headlights

headlight

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.

Slang definitions & phrases for headlights

headlights

noun
  1. The eyes (1920s+ Prizefight)
  2. A woman's breasts (1940s+)

headlight

noun
  1. A light-skinned black person (1950s+ Black)
  2. A large diamond, esp in a ring or clasp: A lurid ''headlight'' in his tie (1940s+)