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 shorttime (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
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 greatspeed "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"
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
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 passlike a flash