Flashlight

Flashlight
Flash|light
[...lait] das; -s, -s
<aus engl. flashlight »Blitzlicht«>:
1. aufeinanderfolgende Lichtblitze, aufblitzendes Licht (z. B. in Diskotheken).
2. Anlage, die Flashlights (1) erzeugt.

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