high-beam

English

Alternative forms

• high beam
• highbeam

Noun

high-beam (plural high-beams) (usually in the plural)

1. The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting.

   Synonyms: full-beam, upper-beam, main beam, (plural) brights

   Antonyms: low-beam, dim light, dipped headlight, dimmed headlights

   Turn off your high-beams - you're blinding the oncoming traffic.

2. (slang) An erect nipple.

Translations

automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠光燈／远光灯 (yuǎn-guāngdēng)

• Faroese: fjarljós n
• Finnish: kaukovalot pl; pitkät valot pl, pitkät (fi)
• French: feux de route (fr) m pl
• German: Fernlicht (de) n, Aufblendlicht (de) n
• Italian: abbaglianti (it) m pl
• Japanese: ハイビーム (hai-biimu), 上向き (ja) (uwamuki)、走行用前照灯 (sōkō-yō zenshōtō) (official)
• Mongolian: холын гэрэл (xolyn gerel)
• Norwegian: fjernlys (no) n
• Polish: długie światło n
• Portuguese: máximo (pt) m
• Russian: да́льний свет (dálʹnij svet)
• Spanish: luz larga f, luz de carretera f, luz alta f (Latin America)
• Swedish: helljus (sv)