variants
or less commonly red light
: relating to or being an area with many brothels or sex workers
Just inside the entrance to "Picasso Érotique," the exhibition's designer has recreated an imagined bordello bedroom as one might have existed in the red-light district of Barcelona in the era of Picasso's youth.—
Arthur C. Danto
Arthur C. DantoIn the beginning, entertainment ran more along the lines of saloons, card games and red light activities.—Jennifer Houghton
Jennifer Houghton
: a warning signal
especially
: a red traffic signal
Examples of red-light in a Sentence
Noun
the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
Like some other red-light therapy masks, including the TheraFace, Dr. Dennis Gross SpectraLite, and Currentbody, the Omnilux Contour Face is not FDA-approved.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 8 May 2025
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
On the topic of disparities, Barone said over the last 10 years the numbers show when police use the traffic laws to focus on violations that are killing people like speeding, following too closely, running stop signs or red lights there is little disparity in the data.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
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Adjective
In New York, for example, a judge would order an ISA installation for a driver who has accumulated six speeding or red-light camera violations in one year, or 11 points on their license over two years.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
Like some other red-light therapy masks, including the TheraFace, Dr. Dennis Gross SpectraLite, and Currentbody, the Omnilux Contour Face is not FDA-approved.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 8 May 2025
Noun
Witnesses said that Pelkey was at a red light when Horcasitas pulled up behind him in a Volkswagen.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
On the topic of disparities, Barone said over the last 10 years the numbers show when police use the traffic laws to focus on violations that are killing people like speeding, following too closely, running stop signs or red lights there is little disparity in the data.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
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“Red-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-light. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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