searchlight
see also: Searchlight
Noun

searchlight (plural searchlights)

  1. A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.
  2. The light from the above source.
Translations
  • French: projecteur
  • Russian: проже́ктор
  • Spanish: proyector de búsqueda
Translations Verb

searchlight (searchlights, present participle searchlighting; past and past participle searchlighted)

  1. (transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.
    • 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, All Frontiers Are Jealous
      A dozen air corps of fireflies searchlighted the spot for an instant.

Searchlight
Proper noun
  1. CDP in Clark County, Nevada.



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