searchlight
(noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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searchlight (third-person singular simple present searchlights, present participle searchlighting, simple past and past participle searchlighted)
(transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.
Searchlight
A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Search"light`, n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
