searchlight

See also: search-light

English

Etymology

From search +‎ light

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: search‧light

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.

Hypernyms

• light

Translations

a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction

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• Chinese:

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• Dutch: zoeklicht (nl) n
• Finnish: valonheitin (fi)
• French: projecteur (fr) m
• Hungarian: fényszóró (hu), keresőlámpa, reflektor (hu)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: søkelys (no) n

  Nynorsk: søkelys n

• Russian: проже́ктор (ru) m (prožéktor)
• Spanish: proyector de búsqueda m
• Volapük: litijedian

the light from the above source

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• Finnish: valokeila
• French: faisceau (fr) m
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• Hungarian: fénysugár (hu), fénykéve
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Verb

searchlight (third-person singular simple present searchlights, present participle searchlighting, simple past and past participle searchlighted)

1. (transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.