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Meaning flash meaning

What does flash mean?
Definitions in simple English

flash Noun

— A flash is a sudden bright light. He used the flash on his camera. — A flash is a very fast period of time. The tall man disappeared in a flash.

flash Verb

— If something flashes, it shines brightly and suddenly. The fountain flashed in the sunshine. It rained hard. flashed and we heard thunder. The light from the car flashed through the window into the house for a second when the car drove past.

flash

— verb gleam or glow intermittently The lights were flashing — noun a sudden intense burst of radiant energy — noun a momentary brightness — verb appear briefly The headlines flashed on the screen — verb make known or cause to appear with great speed The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts — verb (= show off) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously he showed off his new sports car — verb (= dash) run or move very quickly or hastily She dashed into the yard — verb expose or show briefly he flashed a $100 bill — noun a sudden brilliant understanding he had a flash of intuition — noun (= flashing) a short vivid experience a flash of emotion swept over him the flashings of pain were a warning — noun a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph — noun 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 — verb emit a brief burst of light A shooting star flashed and was gone — verb protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal flash the roof — 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 — noun (= flare) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate — adjective (= flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tawdry) tastelessly showy a flash car a flashy ring garish colors a gaudy costume loud sport shirts a meretricious yet stylish book tawdry ornaments — noun (= ostentation) a gaudy outward display — noun (= news bulletin) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

Synonyms flash synonyms

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flash English » English

gleam sparkle shine twinkle glitter flicker flare lightning glint glimmer wink spark glisten shimmer blink glow beam light glare blaze flashing display dash burr bolt swank show off scintillate ostentation lighten instant flaunt dart zoom winkle thunderbolt tawdry shoot scoot ray photoflash ostentate newsflash moment jiffy glance gaudy flashgun flash lamp fanfare

Topics flash topics

What do people use flash to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Lightning, thunder
Person Sense, perceive See

Show, let someone see
Work and occupation Occupation Art

Photography
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
States Quality Light

Shine
States Quality Light Shine

Light source
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Planet
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

River
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Show off

Conjugation flash conjugation

How do you conjugate flash?

flash · verb

Examples flash examples

How do I use flash in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Solar flash is expected to come.
The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
The boat sank in a flash.
It happened in a flash.
Flash photography is not permitted beyond this point.
The bomb exploded with a blinding flash.
Thanks God, Apple is dumping that Flash crap!
Modern music boxes accept even USB flash drives now.
Suddenly I sensed, how in a flash I started to get it.
At this moment, all his past life seemed to flash across his mind.
She did her homework in a flash.
A man died after taking a selfie with a hibernating bear. It seems that the bear was awakened by the camera's flash.
Flash photography is not allowed in this museum.
Why does lightning flash and thunder rumble?
We were watching the bird eat the crumbs; then I sneezed, and he was gone in a flash.
The only plug-in that crashes on my browser is Flash.
Did you see that flash of lightning?
It was all over in a flash.
Have you seen my flash drive?

Movie subtitles

You guys are gonna flash the water delivery guy?
How long did the sensor flash for?
For I am. the Flash!
A flash of shadow, and he was gone!
Just one flash.
Don't be a flash in the pan.
Just like that, in a flash!
Me, I'm a flash.
Flash!
Flash, latest bulletin on Mantee Massacre in Oklahoma City.
Guys with all flash and no fire burn me up!
You flash this wad on me, then try to tell me the dough is mine.
Let us take just one flash.
Hold him, Skulker, Flash!
Where's the flash?
Flash, flash.
That's no the flash.
I don't want the fish. Flash!
When you go out at night, you gotta have the flash.
Flash.
When you wanna see somebody, you gotta have the flash.
Yeah, that's a flash.
That's a flash.
I no want the fish. Flash.
If anyone said that to me I'd turn on him like a flash.
Hey, you don't have to tote a flash, do you?
No, I haven't got a flash.
Did you get a flash of that 50-foot kiddie car outside with the Russian grand duke for a chauffeur?
I'll have Harry write the first flash.
Flash news bulletin.
One flash of lightning and we're practically back in the Middle Ages.
By the way, I didn't see anybody flash a warrant.
Ladies and gentlemen, here's a flash news item.
A flash on the radio.

News and current affairs

Competitiveness gains and rebalancing would fail to materialize, and, after an initial flash in the pan, the eurozone would return to permanent crisis.
Various political leaders of different political parties flash across Russia's television screens, but there is no real national discussion about how to lead the country forward.
Crimea itself represents a third potential flash point.
Yemen, for its part, has no perennial surface water; its citizens depend entirely on rainfall, groundwater, and flash flooding.
The paradox of water is that it sustains life but can also cause death when it becomes a carrier of deadly microbes or takes the form of a tsunami, flash flood, storm, or hurricane.
Similarly, the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, which has claimed 10,000 lives, exploits the desperation of mountain villagers hit by flash floods - the result of deforestation higher up.
The flash point for Muslim-Christian tensions is Sharia, or Muslim religious law.
Sitting in the packed auditorium where snatches of Duch's face flash by on a movie screen, I'm struck by what I see: a face that belongs to someone.
In China, flash floods have so far killed more than a thousand people and destroyed more than a million homes.
What historians have known for 2,000 years - and what the eighteenth century's classical economists also knew - suddenly struck the new breed of mathematical economists in the 1990's like a flash of lightning: prosperity depends on good government.
Flash floods in recent years in two Indian frontier states - Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh - served as an ugly reminder of China's lack of information-sharing on its upstream projects.
Although the Cuban government has blocked access to the Web site on which the blog is posted, it is available around the world in many languages, and distributed within Cuba on compact disks and flash drives.
And, while Asian regionalism is messy and rife with tensions and flash points, the US has been the stabilizing power in the region.
There have been plenty of oddball flash-in-the-pan media stars in US popular culture before Suleman.

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