light show

noun

: a kaleidoscopic display of colored lights, slides, and film loops

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Because fireworks disturb the animals, the park uses drones to create light shows instead. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 25 May 2025 The result, as seen onstage, is a light show that begins with the dress in a red tartan pattern, transitions into a half-blue motif, and becomes entirely covered in vivid crimson sequins. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025 The Fireflies Put On a Spectacular Show Fireflies are a delight throughout summer in the Southern Appalachians and beyond, but a species of synchronous fireflies found inside the park puts on a choreographed light show every June. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025 There will not be much in the way of banter, though there will be a light show designed by the band’s longtime lighting director, Chris Kuroda. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light show

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of light show was in 1966

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“Light show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20show. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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