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Definition of Flash

1. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"

2. Verb. Gleam or glow intermittently. "The horizon is flashing with lights"; "The lights were flashing"

3. Noun. A sudden intense burst of radiant energy.

4. Verb. Appear briefly. "The headlines flashed on the screen"

5. Noun. A momentary brightness.

6. Verb. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously. "He showed off his new sports car"

7. Noun. A short vivid experience. "The flashings of pain were a warning"

8. Verb. Make known or cause to appear with great speed. "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"

9. Noun. A sudden brilliant understanding. "He had a flash of intuition"

10. Verb. Run or move very quickly or hastily. "She dashed into the yard"

11. Noun. 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"

12. Verb. Expose or show briefly. "He flashed a $100 bill"

13. Noun. A gaudy outward display.

14. Verb. Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal. "Flash the roof"

15. Noun. A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate.

16. Verb. Emit a brief burst of light. "A shooting star flashed and was gone"

17. Noun. A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story.

18. Noun. A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification. "A flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"

19. Noun. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.

Definition of Flash

1. v. i. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

2. v. t. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

3. n. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

4. a. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

5. n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

6. n. A pool.

Definition of Flash

1. Proper noun. (computing trademark) A popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages. ¹

2. Verb. To briefly illuminate a scene. ¹

3. Verb. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently. ¹

4. Verb. To be visible briefly. ¹

5. Verb. To make visible briefly. ¹

6. Verb. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner. ¹

7. Verb. To communicate quickly. ¹

8. Verb. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge. ¹

9. Verb. (ambitransitive informal) To expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public briefly. ¹

10. Verb. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel. ¹

11. Verb. (context: juggling) to perform a flash. ¹

12. Verb. To move, or cause to move, suddenly ¹

13. Noun. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. ¹

14. Noun. (linguistics) A language, created by a repressed minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics. ¹

15. Noun. A very short amount of time. ¹

16. Noun. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould. ¹

17. Noun. (Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders. ¹

18. Noun. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once. ¹

19. Adjective. (British and New Zealand slang) Expensive looking and attention worthy; stylish. ¹

20. Adjective. (UK of a person) Having plenty of ready money ¹

21. Adjective. (US slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flash

1. to send forth a sudden burst of light [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Flash

1. 1. A pool. 2. 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, 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. Origin: OE. Flasche, flaske; cf. OF. Flache, F. Flaque. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flash

flarebacks flared flared teeth flarepath flares flareup flareups flarier flariest flarimeter

flaring flaringly flary flaser flasers flash-ball flash-forward flash-freeze flash-frozen flash back

flash blindness flash bulb flash burn flash camera flash card flash cards flash dispersal flash drive

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