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名詞

headlight (複数形 headlights)

1. A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (または originally a ship または train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
2. (US, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
   • 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):

     Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas. […] Well, you know. Melons. […] Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons? […] I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas? […] Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.

3. (Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
4. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
5. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

同意語

• (motor vehicle light): headlamp
• (breast): See also Thesaurus:breast.
• (nipple): See also Thesaurus:nipples.

上位語

• light

派生語

参考

• dome light
• fog lamp
• idiot light
• indicator
• sidelight
• taillight

参照

• Eric Partridge (2005), “headlights”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 979.
• headlight on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• lighthead