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

The truck pulled off the highway once for less than a minute to reset the hazard lights which had come on for some unknown reason. — Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

The enhanced law requires you to move over for all motorists, including emergency responders, tow trucks, maintenance vehicles, and passenger vehicles with hazard lights activated. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The vehicles may experience an error at startup which could deactivate the hazard lights, turn signals, seat belt warning system, and smart key reminder, the recall stated. — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hazard lights

• acolytes
• ammonites
• amorites
• analytes
• andesites
• appetites
• argillites
• astrocytes
• belemnites
• bryophytes
• canaanites
• carmelites