Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for bug light. Search instead for bugliest.

bug light

American  

noun

  1. a yellow light bulb, used mainly outdoors, that does not attract insects.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A quick click-clicking from a bug light at the tire store.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

They were waiting for me under a yellow bug light on the porch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

As the "bug" light caught her face, Roger saw that it was Charley.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

Hinpoha held her little bug light down while the Captain searched for the trouble in the launch engine and he was not long in discovering that it was nothing serious.

From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Nyoda threw aside the curtain and flashed her bug light on the floor below.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "bug light" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com