strobe

strobe
1. noun
A stroboscopic lamp, a device used to produce regular flashes of light
2. verb
To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.

Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o-the-walk.


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