strobe

 
Pronunciation: /strəʊb/

noun

  • 1a stroboscope.
  • a stroboscopic lamp: [as modifier]: strobe lights
  • 2North American an electronic flash for a camera.

verb

[no object]
  • 1flash intermittently: the light of the fireworks strobed around the room
  • 2exhibit or give rise to strobing: he explained that the stripes I was wearing would strobe

Origin:

1940s: abbreviation of stroboscopic (see stroboscope)