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lightsaber

lightsaber

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A toy or model of the glowing sword from Star Wars
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪtˌseɪbər/
: sable de luz de juguete
  • At the convention, many fans were waving their colorful lightsabers during the parade.
  • lightsaber battle

Yeah, I have a large collection of lightsabers.

Examples

  • The young boy pretended to battle with his lightsaber while playing in the backyard.

  • It's a bride who surprises her groom with a cake cutting that involves a lightsaber.

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  • - Is that a lightsaber?

    Free Guy (2021)

  • Of course, every good party needs to have a lightsaber fight... and this one got pretty ugly... and all because

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  • First of all, your children are wielding lightsabers.

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  • And he said, my brother and I were playing with lightsabers and we accidentally smacked the TV.

  • I have a Darth Vader lightsaber mounted over my computer along with Star Wars #1 and #107 (last issue).

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  • Star Wars lightsabers (the cheap kind) were wildly popular at my company's swap last year.

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  • A Star Wars practice lightsaber (pictured above) is coincidentally up for auction as part of the company's Icons & Idols.

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  • For his birthday, she bought him a lightsaber replica to use in his cosplay.

Surface Forms

lightsaber singular
lightsabers plural

Morphology

lightsaber = light + saber (transparent) = light + saber

A toy or replica is clearly a physical instantiation of a 'light' + 'saber' concept, so the compound remains transparent.

Etymology

Lightsaber comes from light ('light') and saber ('a curved sword'), and a helpful way to remember a lightsaber toy is to think of a small 'light sword' you can hold for play, costume, or display.