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| 1. | [ verb ] gleam or glow intermittently | |
| Synonyms: | wink twinkle winkle blink | |
| Examples: | "The lights were flashing" |
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| Related terms: | emit_light flicker glint blinker twinkle | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| Related terms: | happening glint lightning gleam heat_flash streak glitter | |
| 3. | [ verb ] appear briefly | |
| Examples: | "The headlines flashed on the screen" |
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| Related terms: | appear news_bulletin | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a momentary brightness | |
| Synonyms: | glint | |
| Related terms: | brightness | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
| Examples: | "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" |
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| Related terms: | convey news_bulletin | |
| 6. | [ verb ] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| Synonyms: | show_off flaunt ostentate swank | |
| Examples: | "he showed off his new sports car" |
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| Related terms: | expose splurge flex ostentation flaunt | |
| 7. | [ verb ] run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| Synonyms: | dash shoot scoot scud dart | |
| Examples: | "She dashed into the yard" |
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| Related terms: | rush plunge cut_back tear dash scooter motor_scooter iceboat dart | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a short vivid experience | |
| Synonyms: | flashing | |
| Examples: | "a flash of emotion swept over him" "the flashings of pain were a warning" |
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| Related terms: | experience | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (psychology) a sudden brilliant understanding | |
| Examples: | "he had a flash of intuition" |
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| Related terms: | insight | |
| 10. | [ verb ] expose or show briefly | |
| Examples: | "he flashed a $100 bill" |
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| Related terms: | show blink_of_an_eye | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] tastelessly showy | |
| Synonyms: | loud tawdry cheap gaudy flashy meretricious tatty tacky garish trashy gimcrack brassy | |
| Examples: | "a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (clothing) a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | |
| Examples: | "red flashes adorned the airplane" "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to" |
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| Related terms: | patch | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat) | |
| Synonyms: | instant twinkling wink split_second New_York_minute trice jiffy heartbeat blink_of_an_eye | |
| Examples: | "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
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| Related terms: | moment | |
| 14. | [ verb ] emit a brief burst of light | |
| Examples: | "A shooting star flashed and was gone." |
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| Related terms: | appear glint flasher | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | |
| Synonyms: | flare | |
| Related terms: | visual_signal Very_light Bengal_light star_shell | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (news) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | |
| Synonyms: | newsflash newsbreak news_bulletin | |
| Related terms: | bulletin | |
| 17. | [ verb ] protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal, as of parts of roofs | |
| Related terms: | cover | |
| 18. | [ noun ] (photography) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | |
| Synonyms: | flash_lamp flashgun flashbulb flash_bulb photoflash | |
| Related terms: | lamp photographic_equipment flash_camera | |
| Similar spelling: |
flashy fly_ash flush flesh fleshy floss Fliss flies flask Flach flossy Flecha Flossie |
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