light show

noun

: a kaleidoscopic display of colored lights, slides, and film loops

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The light show will be repeated after the third quarter. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025 The northern lights rarely extend so far south; May’s unusual light show resulted from the largest geomagnetic storm since 2003 to reach Earth’s atmosphere. Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Illuminated Skyscrapers Complement Philippines Fireworks Display Skyscrapers in Makati, a city in the Manila metro region, glowed a bright yellow during a New Year's fireworks and light show celebration near the Philippines capital on Tuesday night. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Productions such as the light show at Wanamaker's (and later, at Strawbridge & Clothier, Lord & Taylor and now Macy's, all of which have inhabited the space in Center City Philadelphia), for example, were created by people trained in theater production. Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for light show 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of light show was in 1966

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“Light show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20show. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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