high beam

or highbeam


noun
  1. an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.

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Origin of high beam

1
First recorded in 1935–40

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How to use high beam in a sentence

  • The cat curled himself in front of the fire, while the cock flew up on a high beam.

    The Beacon Second Reader | James H. Fassett
  • The older girls climbed the ladder to a high beam, and then would shoot off on to the soft hay far below.

    Cricket at the Seashore | Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
  • The other bear—the one that fell from the high beam—had the handsomest black, glossy pelt I have ever seen.

    A Busy Year at the Old Squire's | Charles Asbury Stephens