strobe

noun

ˈstrōb 

1

: stroboscope

2

: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)

3

: flash tube

Examples of strobe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Find the clip, which opens with a strobe warning, below. —Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025

Laurel, the human embodiment of road rage, builds her 40 first and makes quick work of her strobes. —Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024

Drake's busy, visual effects contrast with J. Cole's empty stage Drake's performance was highly visual, interlaced with light arrangements that featured lasers, pyrotechnics, strobes, smoke, columns of fire and beams. —Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 8 Feb. 2024

Along Bourbon Street, the flashing blue lights of more police cars than usual cast a strobe effect as music from street drummers, jazz bands, and bar DJs saturates the crisp air. —Janna A. Zanzi, AFAR Media, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing strobe

• strobe light

Rhymes for strobe

• globe
• jobe
• lobe
• probe
• robe
• bathrobe
• earlobe
• microbe
• niobe
• wardrobe
• microprobe

Kids Definition

strobe

noun

ˈstrōb 

: a device that produces a very brief strong flash of light (as for photography) and that can be used repeatedly