brights
English
Etymology
From bright (adjective) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹaɪts/
- Rhymes: -aɪts
Noun
brights pl (plural only)
- Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
- (colloquial, dated) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
- (US, road transport) The high-beam intensity setting of motor vehicle headlamps.
- Your brights are on.
- 1963 July, Schultz, Morton J., “Keeping Your Headlights on the Beam”, in Popular Mechanics, ISSN 0032-4558, page 161:
- Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.
- 2004 July 18, Rocky Roads, “Re: big rig out of control (Photo)”, in misc.transport.trucking, Usenet, message-ID <cdearo$ufn@library2.airnews.net>:
- You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time.
- 2006 March 31, Godfrey, Linda S., Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond, Madison: Trails Books, →ISBN, OL 8804200M, page 139:
- The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road.
Noun
brights
- plural of bright