daylights

See also: day-lights

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪlaɪts/

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Noun

daylights pl (plural only)

1. plural of daylight
2. (slang) A person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting).

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

3. (colloquial) Mental soundness; wits; consciousness.

   It scared the daylights out of us!

   They beat the living daylights out of us.

Derived terms

• beat the daylights out of
• knock the daylights out of
• knock the living daylights out of
• scare the daylights out of
• scare the living daylights out of

References

• (eyes): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• light days