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, and get out only if it's safe—meaning traffic is at a crawl.—

Adam Kleiner

called also hazards

Examples of hazard lights in a Sentence

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Pull over as far as possible and turn hazard lights on. —

Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 19 June 2024 Hernandez was in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla that was stopped on the right side of the road with its hazard lights on. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024 The new rules are still being established, but cars must have physical controls for features like turn signals, hazard lights and windshield wipers to earn the highest rating, the agency tells Axios. —

Joann Muller, Axios, 18 July 2024 Troopers received several 911 calls reporting a vehicle with its hazard lights on traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-84 in the area of Exit 68 in Tolland around 4:26 a.m. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for hazard lights

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hazard lights was in 1966

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“Hazard lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazard%20lights. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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