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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"

Definitions of 'flash'

Webster 1913 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)

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