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Flash   /flæʃ/   Listen
Flash

noun
(pl. flashes)
1.
A sudden intense burst of radiant energy.
2.
A momentary brightness.
3.
A short vivid experience.  Synonym: flashing.  "The flashings of pain were a warning"
4.
A sudden brilliant understanding.
5.
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).  Synonyms: blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink.
6.
A gaudy outward display.  Synonyms: fanfare, ostentation.
7.
A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate.  Synonym: flare.
8.
A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story.  Synonyms: news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash.
9.
A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification.  "A flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"
10.
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.  Synonyms: flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash.
adjective
1.
Tastelessly showy.  Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy.  "A flashy ring" , "Garish colors" , "A gaudy costume" , "Loud sport shirts" , "A meretricious yet stylish book" , "Tawdry ornaments"
verb
(past & past part. flashed; pres. part. flashing)
1.
Gleam or glow intermittently.  Synonyms: blink, twinkle, wink, winkle.
2.
Appear briefly.
3.
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.  Synonyms: flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank.
4.
Make known or cause to appear with great speed.
5.
Run or move very quickly or hastily.  Synonyms: dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot.
6.
Expose or show briefly.
7.
Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal.
8.
Emit a brief burst of light.



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"Flash" Quotes from Famous Books



... it is I who tell lies, is it?" cried Sylvie, looking at Pierrette and blasting her with a fearful flash of anger from ...
— Pierrette • Honore de Balzac
... flash of green, straight at the callow boy. But Poins had sprung too, back and to the left, and his oiled sword was from its scabbard ...
— Privy Seal - His Last Venture • Ford Madox Ford
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— Rivers to the Sea • Sara Teasdale
... smile left O'Connell's lips, the sneer died on his tongue, and with a flash of power that turned to white heat before he finished, he ...
— Peg O' My Heart • J. Hartley Manners


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