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Definition of 'FLASH'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flash
a brief, sudden burst of bright light.

2.  flash
a sudden, brief outburst or display, as of joy or wit.

3.  flash
an instant.

4.  flash
gaudy or vulgar showiness.

5.  flash
a brief dispatch giving preliminary news of an important story.

6.  flash
bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during a photographic exposure.

7.  flash
the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device.

8.  flash
a sudden thought, insight, or vision.

9.  flash
Slang.

10.  flash
Obs. thieves' slang.

11. (v.i.) flash
to break forth into sudden flame or light, esp. transiently.

12.  flash
to gleam.

13.  flash
to appear suddenly.

14.  flash
to move like a flash.

15.  flash
to speak with sudden anger (often fol. by out).

16.  flash
to break into sudden action.

17.  flash
Slang. to expose one's genitals in public.

18. (v.t.) flash
to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes.

19.  flash
to cause to flash, as powder by ignition.

20.  flash
to send forth like a flash.

21.  flash
to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph.

22.  flash
to make an ostentatious display of.

23.  flash
to display suddenly and briefly.

24.  flash
to increase the flow of water in (a river, channel, etc.).

25.  flash
to coat (glass or ceramics) with a layer of colored, opalescent, or white glass.

26.  flash
to apply (such a layer).

27.  flash
to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating.

28.  flash
to protect (a roof, etc.) from leakage with flashing.

29. (adj.) flash
sudden and brief:
a flash storm.

30.  flash
showy; ostentatious.

31.  flash
belonging to or connected with thieves.

32.  flash
a brief intense effort that produces negligible results.

33.  flash
a person whose promise or success is transitory.

34.  flash
to have a sudden vivid memory of or insight about.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME: to sprinkle, splash)

Definition of 'FLASH'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flash
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

2. (noun) flash
a momentary brightness

3. (noun) flash, flashing
a short vivid experience
"a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"

4. (noun) flash
a sudden brilliant understanding
"he had a flash of intuition"

5. (noun) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

6. (noun) ostentation, fanfare, flash
a gaudy outward display

7. (noun) flare, flash
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

8. (noun) news bulletin, newsflash, flash, newsbreak
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

9. (noun) flash
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
"red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"

10. (adj) flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

11. (verb) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

12. (verb) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"

13. (verb) flash
appear briefly
"The headlines flashed on the screen"

14. (verb) flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
"he showed off his new sports car"

15. (verb) flash
make known or cause to appear with great speed
"The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"

16. (verb) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"

17. (verb) flash
expose or show briefly
"he flashed a $100 bill"

18. (verb) flash
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
"flash the roof"

19. (verb) flash
emit a brief burst of light
"A shooting star flashed and was gone"

Definition of 'FLASH'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) flash
a sudden bright light that goes on and then off quickly
There was a flash of light and a bang.

2.  flash
a light on camera that flashes when there is not enough natural light
The flash works automatically.; flash photography

3.  flash
a moment of sudden emotion or understanding
a flash of inspiration/hope

4.  flash
in a flash/like a flash
very quickly
In a flash, she had run to her son.

5. (verb) flash
(of a bright light) to quickly go on and then off
flashing lights; Lightning flashed in the night sky.

6.  flash
to happen or make happen very quickly
Another image flashed through her mind.; She flashed him one of her threatening looks.

Definition of 'FLASH'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) FLASH
showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery

2. (adj) FLASH
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

3. (noun) FLASH
to trick up in a showy manner

4. (noun) FLASH
to strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash

5. (noun) FLASH
a sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning

6. (noun) FLASH
a sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show

7. (noun) FLASH
the time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period

8. (noun) FLASH
a preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors

9. (noun) FLASH
slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes

10. (noun) FLASH
a pool

11. (noun) FLASH
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

12. (verb) FLASH
to burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed

13. (verb) FLASH
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

14. (verb) FLASH
to burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily

15. (verb) FLASH
to send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light

16. (verb) FLASH
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

17. (verb) FLASH
to cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b)

Translation of 'FLASH'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a quick showing of a bright light a flash of lightning.
Afrikaans: flits; weerligstraal	Arabic: وَميض، وَمْضَه	Bulgarian: просвяткване
Brazilian: lampejo	Czech: záblesk	German: der Blitz
Danish: glimt; blink; blitzlys	Greek: λάμψη, αστραπή	Spanish: destello
Estonian: sähvatus	Farsi: درخشش	Finnish: välähdys
French: éclair	Hebrew: הֶבזֵק	Hindi: चमक
Croatian: bljesak (munje)	Hungarian: felvillanás	Indonesian: kilat
Icelandic: leiftur	Italian: lampo	Japanese: ひらめき
Korean: 섬광	Lithuanian: blyksnis, blykstelėjimas	Latvian: uzliesmojums; zibsnis
Malay: pancaran	Dutch: flits	Norwegian: lyn(glimt), lysstråle, bl
Polish: błysk, błyskawica	Persian: درخشش	Pashto: ځلیدل
Portuguese: lampejo	Romanian: scânteie(re)	Russian: вспышка
Slovak: záblesk	Slovenian: blisk	Serbian: bljesak
Swedish: plötsligt sken (uppflamma	Thai: แสงที่ส่องวาบขึ้นมา	Turkish: parıltı, parlama
Taiwanese: 閃光	Ukrainian: спалах, виблиск	Urdu: اچانک چمک اٹھنا
Vietnamese: chớp sáng	Chinese: 闪光
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