Definition of "traffic light" [traffic light]

• A road signal for directing vehicular traffic by means of colored lights, typically red for stop, green for go, and yellow for proceed with caution. Also called stoplight, traffic signal. (noun)

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• "The figure is the Ampelmannchen, roughly translated as “little traffic light man,” a chubby, hat-wearing figure who directs pedestrians to walk or wait."
• "I saw him again at noon when I was stopped by the traffic light at the four corners up on the Loreauville Road; this time he was pulling his suitcase on a roller skate up a street in a rural black slum by Bayou Teche."
• "Dunross came out onto the Peak Road fast, heading for home, the traffic light and the engine sounding sweet."