hazard lights

plural noun

: special lights on a vehicle that flash on and off and are used to warn other drivers (as when the vehicle is not working properly)

Turn on your hazard lights. Wait inside the car for your tow …

—Adam Kleiner

called also hazards

Examples of hazard lights in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

The officer also noted a door was open and his hazard lights were on, and there was a tire on the road. — Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 17 Aug. 2026

Your hazard lights are supposed to be used when your car is stationary (stopped) at the side of the road and could be a hazard to other drivers. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors say the woman who was driving Benson-Garrett had her hazard lights on, that Butler was speeding, and that an eyewitness driving near Butler noticed the crash and slowed down. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hazard lights

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