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Flashing

noun

1.

A short vivid experience. Synonym: flash. "The flashings of pain were a warning"

2.

Sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing.

Flash

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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"Flashing" Quotes from Famous Books

... perchance, some flashing glimpse of green, Or breathe some wild-wood fragrance, wafted through The opening gates of pearl, that fold between The blinding splendors ...

— The Poet at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... irrepressible flashing of that sentiment, which had, at an earlier period, formed a portion of their imaginings, did occasionally steal over their hearts while there was a prospect of reaching their friends in safety, all ...

— Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy (Complete) • John Richardson

... events of no enlivening nature; but I found, with great pleasure, that all her native fire and wit and intelligence were still within, though less voluntary and quick in flashing out, for every instant I stayed she grew brighter and nearer ...

— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 3 • Madame D'Arblay

... was likely to write not wisely but too much, piling up hundreds of manuscript pages only because his brain was thronging as with a myriad of fireflies, a swarm of darting, flashing ideas demanding release. As often as not he began writing with only a nebulous idea of what he proposed to do. He would start with a few characters and situations, trusting in Providence to supply material as needed. So he was likely to run ashore any ...

— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine

... within the rim it twinkled like a great cup of champagne held high in a god's hand—so high that John a Cleeve, who had been climbing ever since his regiment left Albany, seemed lifted with all these flashing boats and uniforms upon a platform where men were heroes, and all great deeds possible, and the mere air laughed ...

— Fort Amity • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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