stoplight
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈstɑːpˌlaɪt/
- US
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semáforo
- The traffic came to a complete halt at the stoplight as everyone waited for the green signal.
They're like it's here at this stoplight, which is like a huge eight way intersection.
- They're like it's here at this stoplight, which is like a huge eight way intersection.
- And she drove up and I saw her at the stoplight, you know, eyes are open, lights out.
- So on our way to do that, we stop at a stoplight and my mom is my mom is next to me.
- My friend's dad when we were kids used to pull up to like nice looking cars at stoplights with like a Dodge Caravan full of kids.
- Categorized by a stoplight system, Red, blue-green.
- I can get A at a bad stoplight and my music stops playing.
- But if you do, you're not going to use this phone at at stoplights didn't have any bending.
- I saw two mentally challenged people making out one time at a stoplight out outdoors, not in a vehicle.
- Sitting here at the stoplight the only sound I hear is the my cooled seat cooling me the outside the car.
Examples
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The city recently announced plans to replace stoplights with four-way stops at 37 intersections.
Blog text (1) -
This morning I was stuck at a stoplight in my 'hood, that would be neighborhood to you, sir.
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We got our first stoplight about 6 months ago.
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Not exactly ideal for going from stoplight to stoplight, is it?
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The other day, I pulled up to a stoplight and found this waiting in front of me.
Blog text (18) -
Did the driver not see the stoplight?
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Five minutes later, she is at the stoplight on the corner of Gas Station and Convenience Store.
Fiction book (2001) -
And if we walk in the crosswalks and we obey the stoplights, we'll all be OK.
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Mara slowed at a stoplight and switched on the right blinker.
Fiction book (2002) -
Gentry returns his eyes to the stoplight before gently easing the ancient Porsche into first gear.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A device like a lamp or bulb that produces light
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1.0
A device with red, yellow and green lights that controls cars and people at street intersections
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1.4
A system of colored lights where roads meet that tells cars and people when to go
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stoplight is simply stop + light, a 'light' that tells drivers to 'stop' or go by showing red, yellow and green, so it controls the flow of traffic at a road crossing.