Sekirov Dictionary

blue light

noun 3
verb 1
forms 4

noun3

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A flashing light, usually fitted to an emergency vehicle.
- Blue-light escorts were provided where possible to get engineers to the stranded GTR trains to reset the software. — 2019
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(historical) A mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.
- Blue lights, or blue fire, is a preparation in which zinc and sulphur, or sulphur alone, are used. The particular colour is communicated by the zinc and sulphur. — 1828
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(US, informal) A New England federalist, who opposed the Anglo-American War of 1812; (loosely), a federalist.
- The “Blue-Light Elder” knows ’em well; / Says he, “That’s Banks — he’s fond of shell; / Lord save his soul! We’ll give him” — well, / that’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” — 1862

verb1

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(informal) To travel quickly in a police or ambulance vehicle with the lightbar (and possibly the siren) activated.
- When we weren't blue lighting, we had to obey the 30 mph limit, but out of town we had a training exemption from any speed regulations and were encouraged to push the car to its limits... and we did. — 2011

forms

blue lighted · blue lit · blue lighting · blue lights

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