brights

From bright (adjective) +‎ -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /bɹaɪts/
• Rhymes: -aɪts

brights pl (plural only)

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

   Your brights are on.

   • 1963 July, Morton J. Schultz, “Keeping Your Headlights on the Beam”, in Popular Mechanics, →ISSN, page 161:

     Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.

   • 2004 July 18, Rocky Roads, “Re: big rig out of control (Photo)”, in misc.transport.trucking‎ (Usenet), message-ID <cdearo$ufn@library2.airnews.net>:

     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.

   • 2006 March 31, Linda S. Godfrey, Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond, Madison: Trails Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 139:

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

brights

1. plural of bright