light show

noun

: a kaleidoscopic display of colored lights, slides, and film loops

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Admirers can switch between nine lighting modes, including warm white and multicolor hues, as well as flickering and flashing light shows. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 The fun continues at night with a pumpkin express light show, bring-your-own-flashlight corn maze, bonfires on Saturday night only and firework shows. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025 More than $3 million of that fund will go to public safety costs and the rest will help put on 13 concerts, 13 drone or light shows and more than 100 watch parties. Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 The campaign encapsulates every touch point from the only-at-Saks experiences and the Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Book to the return of the memorable light show at the Saks Fifth Avenue holiday windows later this season. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light show

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of light show was in 1966

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“Light show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20show. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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