1
: a light with a reflector and special lens mounted on the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead
also
: the beam cast by a headlight
2
: a light worn on the forehead (as of a miner or physician)
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The top of the vacuum is also outfitted with LED headlights to illuminate hidden messes.
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Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
Is the Is Are, released four years later, had the same post-punk undergirding, but the oil-slick guitar leads glimmered with an even more luminous beauty, and Zachary Cole Smith’s murmured hooks sliced through the balmy instrumentation like LED headlights.
—Eli Enis, SPIN, 23 May 2024
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Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
Is the Is Are, released four years later, had the same post-punk undergirding, but the oil-slick guitar leads glimmered with an even more luminous beauty, and Zachary Cole Smith’s murmured hooks sliced through the balmy instrumentation like LED headlights.
—Eli Enis, SPIN, 23 May 2024
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“Headlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlight. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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headlight
noun
head·light
ˈhed-ˌlīt 
: a light on the front of a vehicle
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