brights

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
2. (colloquial, dated, plural, plural-only)Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
3. (US, plural, plural-only)Synonym of high-beams.

   “Your brights are on.”

   “Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.”

   “You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time.”

   “The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road.”

4. (form-of, plural)plural of bright

verb

1. (British, dialectal, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of bright