Definitions for Flashy
ˈflæʃ iflashy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective

   tastelessly showy

   "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

2. flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sportyadjective

   (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flashyadjective

   Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

   The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flashyadjective

   Etymology: from flash.

   1. Empty; not solid; showy without substance.

   Flashy wits cannot fathom the whole extent of a large discourse. Kenelm Digby, on the Soul, Dedicat.

   When they list, their lean and flashy songs
   Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. John Milton.

   This mean conceit, this darling mystery,
   Which thou think’st nothing, friend! thou shalt not buy;
   Nor will I change for all the fleshy wit. John Dryden, Pers. Sat.

   2.

   Stephen Skinner.

   Insipid; without force or spirit.

   Distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Francis Bacon, Essay 51.

   The tastes that most offend in fruits, herbs and roots, are bitter, harsh, sour, waterish or flashy. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flashy

   Flashy is the title of the fifth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six. The album was accompanied by a music video for track "Formula 409" which appeared online on July 30, 2008. A claymation video for the track 'Making Progress' was also released.

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1. flashy

   Flashy refers to something or someone that is highly noticeable because it is ostentatious, extravagant, showy, or bright. It often suggests something that is designed to impress in a superficial, gaudy, or over-the-top manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flashyadjective

   dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright

2. Flashyadjective

   fiery; vehement; impetuous

3. Flashyadjective

   showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress

4. Flashyadjective

   without taste or spirit

How to pronounce Flashy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Flashy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flashy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flashy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Flashy in a Sentence

1. Lois Reierson:

   There remains this stubborn unwillingness to look beyond the big-dollar and take something less flashy until you can find that higher-paying job.

2. Sam Fiorani:

   Buyers of commercial vans want reliability and not necessarily a flashy brand name, the reduced maintenance and fuel use of electric vehicles become very attractive to a business customer, where the current limitations of EVs make the price premium less attractive to individual consumers.

3. Taylor Budowich:

   Their flashy ads won’t give children years of their lives and education back, it won’t make Michigan families forget about their draconian lockdowns and closures, and it won’t stop voters from electing Tudor Dixon on Nov. 8th.

4. Student Enni:

   I upgrade my phone for new features, similarly Australia needs an upgrade, in China everything is brand new and flashy, Australia is old.

5. Susannah Maidment:

   It's exciting because it helps us understand how stegosaurs gradually acquired the features of their iconic body plan, bashanosaurus didn't have the giant plates extending along its back like Stegosaurus had ; instead it had much smaller, spine-like( armor), that arguably would have been more useful for defending itself against predators than the very thin but very flashy( armor) of Stegosaurus, which might have been more about display.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Flashy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flashy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Flashy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Flashy