flash

[[t]flæʃ[/t]]

n.

1) a brief, sudden burst of bright light

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

3) an instant

4) inf

flashlight 1)

5) cvb gaudy or vulgar showiness

6) jou a brief dispatch giving preliminary news of an important story

7) pht bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during a photographic exposure

8) the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device

9) cvb a sudden thought, insight, or vision

10) cvb sts Slang.

rush I, 26)

11) phl

hot flash

12) Obs. thieves' slang

13) to break forth into sudden flame or light, esp. transiently

14) to gleam

15) to appear suddenly

16) to move like a flash

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

18) to break into sudden action

19) cvb sts Slang. to expose one's genitals in public

20) to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes

21) to cause to flash, as powder by ignition

22) to send forth like a flash

23) to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph

24) to make an ostentatious display of

25) to display suddenly and briefly

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

27) cer

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

b) to apply (such a layer)

c) to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating

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

29) sudden and brief:

a flash storm[/ex]

30) showy; ostentatious

31) belonging to or connected with thieves

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- flash in the pan flash on

Etymology: 1350–1400; ME: to sprinkle, splash flash′er, n. flash′ing•ly, adv.