: a usually red warning light mounted at the rear of a vehicle
called also taillamp
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Ensure your vehicle is visible to others by using low-beam headlights, which also activate your taillights.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
The agents stopped dozens of cars at the intersection of 14th and W streets NW, and pulled over drivers for seat belt violations or broken taillights, the Post reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Over 800 tiny light louvers spread across the grille and headlight bar at the front and the taillights at the rear, where a microscopic spoiler matches a chrome lower diffuser.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Out back, a new mesh wraparound treatment, just below the taillights, gives the Urus SE a more sinister look.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
The agents stopped dozens of cars at the intersection of 14th and W streets NW, and pulled over drivers for seat belt violations or broken taillights, the Post reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Over 800 tiny light louvers spread across the grille and headlight bar at the front and the taillights at the rear, where a microscopic spoiler matches a chrome lower diffuser.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Out back, a new mesh wraparound treatment, just below the taillights, gives the Urus SE a more sinister look.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Taillight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taillight. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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taillight
noun
tail·light
ˈtā(ə)l-ˌlīt 
: a red warning light mounted at the rear of a vehicle
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