Spotlight \Spot"light`\ (sp[o^]t"l[imac]t`), n.
   1. The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate
      brilliantly a single person or object or group on the
      stage, leaving the rest of the stage more or less
      unilluminated.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. hence, conspicuous public notice. [Cant or Colloq.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. A lighting apparatus designed to throw an intense beam of
      light onto a small area.
      [PJC]