daylights

See also: day-lights

English

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪlaɪts/

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Noun

daylights

1. plural of daylight
2. (slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.

   Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights.

3. mental soundness, wits, consciousness.

   It scared the daylights out of us!

   They beat the living daylights out of us.

Anagrams

• light days