About The Word Flash

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What's The Definition Of Flash?
[n] a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
[n] a momentary brightness [n] a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition" [n] a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story [n] a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate [n] a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [n] a sudden intense burst of radiant energy [n] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [adj] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [v] make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" [v] appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen" [v] emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone." [v] protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal, as of parts of roofs [v] run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [v] expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill" [v] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously [v] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Flash: blink | blink of an eye | brassy | cheap | dart | dash | flare | flash lamp | flashbulb | flashgun | flashing | flashy | flaunt | garish | gaudy | gimcrack | in poor taste(p) | instant | jiffy | loud | meretricious | New York minute | news bulletin | newsflash | ostentate | photoflash | scoot | scud | shoot | show off | split second | swank | tacky | tasteless | tatty | tawdry | trashy | trice | twinkle | twinkling | wink | wink | winkle Related Terms | Find terms related to Flash: advertise | air | antelope | arrow | automatic response | backfire | bang | be bright | beacon | beam | beat the drum | bedazzle | blare | blast | blaze | blaze of light | blazon forth | blind | blind impulse | blink | blowout | blowup | blue darter | blue streak | bob up | bolt | boom | brain wave | brainstorm | brandish | break forth | breath | breathing | bulletin | burn | burst | burst forth | burst out | cable | cannonball | cast | chic | classy | coruscate | coruscation | coup | courser | crack | dangle | dart | dash | daze | dazzle | dazzling | debouch | deflagration | demonstrate | detonation | diffuse light | dip | discharge | display | disport | drive | eagle | electricity | emblazon | erupt | exchange colors | exhibit | exhibition | explosion | expose | express train | facula | fancy | flag | flag down | flame | flare | flare up | flare-up | flash fire | flashy | flaunt | fleeting impulse | flick | flicker | flickering | flourish | fly | fulgurate | fulguration | fulmination | gazelle | give a signal | give light | give the nod | glance | glare | gleam | gleam of light | glimmer | glimpse | glint | glisten | glitter | glow | greased lightning | greyhound | gut response | hail | hail and speak | half a jiffy | half a mo | half a second | half a shake | half an eye | half-mast | hare | hasten | hint | hoist a banner | hold up | hurry | iffy | impulse | incandesce | indication | inspiration | instant | instinct | involuntary impulse | irrupt | jet plane | jiff | jiffy | kick | leer | light | lightning | luster | make a sign | manifest | manifestation | mercury | microsecond | millisecond | minute | moment | natural impulse | news report | nod | notion | nudge | ostentatious | outbreak | outburst | parade | peek | peep | poke | pop up | put forth | put forward | quick hunch | quick sight | quicksilver | quiver | race | radiate | radio | raise a cry | rapid glance | ray | reflex | report | ritzy | rocket | run | rush | salute | scamper | scared rabbit | scintilla | scintillate | scintillation | scoot | scuttle | sec | second | send a wire | send out rays | shaft | shake | shimmer | shine | shine brightly | shoot | shoot out rays | shot | show | show off | showy | sign | sign off | sign on | signal | signalize | skedaddle | slant | smart | snazzy | solar flare | solar prominence | sound an alarm | sound the trumpet | spangle | spark | sparkle | speak | speed | split second | sport | spring up | sprint | squiz | start up | streak | streak of lightning | striped snake | stroke | sudden thought | suggestion | swallow | swish | take off | tear | telegram | telegraph | Teletype | telex | thought | thunderbolt | tick | torrent | touch | trice | trot out | trumpet | trumpet forth | twink | twinkle | twinkling | twitch | two shakes | unfurl a flag | urge | vaunt | wave | wave a flag | wave the hand | whistle | whiz | wind | wink | wire | zoom See Also | appear | belt along | Bengal light | bit | brainstorm | brainwave | brightness | bucket along | bulletin | cannonball along | convey | coruscation | cover | cut back | display | emit light | exhibit | experience | expose | flash back | flash camera | flick | flicker | flicker | gleam | gleaming | glimmer | glint | glitter | happening | hasten | heat flash | hie | hotfoot | impart | insight | lamp | lightning | minute | moment | natural event | occurrence | pelt along | photographic equipment | plunge | race | radiate | rush | rush along | second | show | spark | sparkle | speed | splurge | star shell | streak | Very light | visual signal Flash In Webster's Dictionary \Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle,
dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]
1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood
of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the
powder flashed.
2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst
instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary
brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.
Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch
words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd.
The object is made to flash upon the eye of the
mind. --M. Arnold.
A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in
act. --Tennyson.
3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out
violently; to rush hastily.
Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other.
--Shak.
{To flash in the pan}, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See
under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett.
Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}.
Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood
or wide extent of light. The latter words may express
the issuing of light from a small object, or from a
pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also,
in denoting suddenness of appearance and
disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or
disploding in not being accompanied with a loud
report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a
soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears,
or flowers wet with dew.
\Flash\, v. t. 1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. --Milton. 2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. 3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, n., 3 (b) . 4. To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer. 5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.] He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser. {Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, n., 3. \Flash\, n.; pl. {Flashes}. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. 2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak. No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt. 3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. --Bacon. 4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. {Flash light}, or {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight. {Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing. \Flash\, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. 2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. {Flash house}, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. ``A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house.'' --Macaulay. \Flash\, n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes. \Flash\, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.] 1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] --Haliwell. 2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. {Flash wheel} (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level. |
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