A strobe or a strobe light is a very bright light which flashes on and off very quickly.
The band left their strobes on for 20 minutes.
...like strobe lighting at a disco.
strobe in British English
(strəʊb)
noun
1. short for strobe lighting, stroboscope
verb
2.
to give the appearance of arrested or slow motion by using intermittent illumination
strobe in American English
(stroʊb)
noun
1.
stroboscope (sense 1)
2.
an electronically regulated discharge tube that can emit extremely rapid, brief, and brilliant flashes of light: used in photography, the theater, etc.
: also strobe light
adjective
3.
stroboscopic
Examples of 'strobe' in a sentence
strobe
We hired the church hall and fitted it out with film posters and strobe lights.
James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)
The strobe came on and the green and blue lights began flashing.
Dhondy, Farrukh COME TO MECCA (2002)
A moment later Taft pulled alongside them, his blue strobe going.