glowstick

or glow stick

[ gloh-stik ]

noun

1. a plastic tube with dye and chemicals that mix when the tube is bent or snapped, creating a glowing luminescence.

glowstick

/ ˈɡləʊˌstɪk /

noun

1. a plastic tube containing a luminescent material, waved or held aloft esp at gigs, raves, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of glowstick¹

First recorded in 1945–50, for an earlier sense; 1980–85, for the current sense

Example Sentences

But the neo-noir shadows and the glowstick hues cast by the office equipment create an ambiance that’s interesting for how inscrutable it is: a little cozy, a little sinister, like the placid scene is hiding a secret.

From The Verge

On their debut album “Self Help,” the pair explored tempos and temperaments with a cheeky sense of humor, naming one song the “Best Track Ever” and rewriting nursery rhymes for the club on another: “Three ravers in a club / Who do you think they be? / The DJ, the breaker and the glowstick shaker / And they all gettin’ busy.”

From Washington Post

At that same moment, back near the soundboard, a handful of woodland raver types were twirling the latest in glowstick technology in chemiluminescent figure-eights, proving, perhaps for the first time ever, that circle-pitting and LED poi are not mutually exclusive practices.

From Washington Post

And yes, you will also look like a glowstick factory explosion.

From Slate

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta sprang into the world as Lady Gaga from a self-fashioned, Fabergé-meets-Aliens, slimy-glam egg in the late 2000s, brandishing a glowstick battle ax and, before long, dancing in a dress made out of meat.

From Slate