stoplight
Americannoun
noun
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a red light on a traffic signal indicating that vehicles or pedestrians coming towards it should stop
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another word for brake light
Etymology
Origin of stoplight
Example Sentences
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At a stoplight, if there is a car ahead of me that starts to move, and I don’t, my car beeps twice and signals me on the display.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said the “completely stopped” vehicle was waiting at the stoplight at the time of the collision and that officers reported to the scene around 5:12 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
In a televised appearance, she bowed to her boss and kept the stoplight at “orange, with an alert,” but in announcing it, she wore a bright red dress.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024
It was only when they stopped moving—at a lonely stoplight close to the county line—that the adrenaline of leaving school with Lily released its grip on Toby’s brain.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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