searchlight
see also: Searchlight
Noun
Searchlight
Proper noun
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see also: Searchlight
Noun
searchlight (plural searchlights)
- A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.
- The light from the above source.
- French: projecteur
- Russian: проже́ктор
- Spanish: proyector de búsqueda
- French: faisceau
searchlight (searchlights, present participle searchlighting; past and past participle searchlighted)
- (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.
- 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, All Frontiers Are Jealous
Searchlight
Proper noun
- CDP in Clark County, Nevada.
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