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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Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame received a red-light warning for its policies after FIRE found its data and information technologies policy, which polices how students behave on the university's online network, can substantially infringe on students' rights.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The red light went on, and with a smile his face, Hartman looked at the Wild bench and strutted to the corner of T-Mobile Arena, as the rink went mostly silent.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Alarmingly, 41% of Y Combinator companies target low-priority and red-light zones.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame received a red-light warning for its policies after FIRE found its data and information technologies policy, which polices how students behave on the university's online network, can substantially infringe on students' rights.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Anderson says, suddenly noticing the red light on my recorder.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The red light went on, and with a smile his face, Hartman looked at the Wild bench and strutted to the corner of T-Mobile Arena, as the rink went mostly silent.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Red-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-light. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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