headlights

2 definitions • 3 examples

a large, powerful light at the front of a vehicle, usually one of two:

I could see a car's headlights coming towards me.

headlights on It was foggy, and all the cars had their headlights on.

dip your headlights No one dips their headlights (= makes them shine downwards) here, so you're constantly dazzled.

a light on the front of a vehicle, usually one of a pair of lights