headlamp

noun

head·​lamp ˈhed-ˌlamp How to pronounce headlamp (audio)

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Other items found were various burglary tools, such as handheld radios, face masks, headlamps, window punch devices, cans of bear mace, narcotics, a money counter, and multiple cell phones, police said. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 Officers also seized burglary tools, window punch tools, bear mace, face masks, headlamps, and handheld communication radios, according to police. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2025 Extinguishing their patrol lights and flipping on their headlamps, the Slaughterhouse men patrolled the canals with shotguns cocked, leaping from the boat to grab their dead and pursue their wounded through the canebrake. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The water is perfectly clear — until someone brushes the side of the cave or disturbs the soft bottom, sending fine silt particles billowing into the beam of a headlamp. Jennifer Walker, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headlamp

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of headlamp was in 1851

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“Headlamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlamp. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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