Flashs

[flash] /flæʃ/

noun
1.
a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
/flæʃ/
noun
1.
a sudden short blaze of intense light or flame: a flash of sunlight
2.
a sudden occurrence or display, esp one suggestive of brilliance: a flash of understanding
3.
a very brief space of time: over in a flash
4.
an ostentatious display: a flash of her diamonds
5.
Also called newsflash. a short news announcement concerning a new event
6.
(mainly Brit) Also called patch. an insignia or emblem worn on a uniform, vehicle, etc, to identify its military formation
7.
a patch of bright colour on a dark background, such as light marking on an animal
8.
a volatile mixture of inorganic salts used to produce a glaze on bricks or tiles
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10.
(photog, informal) short for flashlight (sense 2), flash photography
11.
a ridge of thin metal or plastic formed on a moulded object by the extrusion of excess material between dies
12.
(Yorkshire & Lancashire, dialect) a pond, esp one produced as a consequence of subsidence
13.
(modifier) involving, using, or produced by a flash of heat, light, etc: flash blindness, flash distillation
14.
flash in the pan, a project, person, etc, that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etc
adjective
15.
(informal) ostentatious or vulgar
16.
(informal) of or relating to gamblers and followers of boxing and racing
17.
sham or counterfeit
18.
(informal) relating to or characteristic of the criminal underworld
19.
brief and rapid: flash freezing
verb
20.
to burst or cause to burst suddenly or intermittently into flame
21.
to emit or reflect or cause to emit or reflect light suddenly or intermittently
22.
(intransitive) to move very fast: he flashed by on his bicycle
23.
(intransitive) to come rapidly (into the mind or vision)
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(intransitive; foll by out or up) to appear like a sudden light: his anger really flashes out at times
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26.
(transitive) (informal) to display ostentatiously: to flash money around
27.
(transitive) (informal) to show suddenly and briefly
28.
(intransitive) (Brit, slang) to expose oneself indecently
29.
(transitive) to cover (a roof) with flashing
30.
to send a sudden rush of water down (a river, etc), or to carry (a vessel) down by this method
31.
(in the making of glass) to coat (glass) with a thin layer of glass of a different colour
32.
(transitive) to subject to a brief pulse of heat or radiation
33.
(transitive) to change (a liquid) to a gas by causing it to hit a hot surface
34.
(obsolete) to splash or dash (water)
v.

late 14c., from flasken (c.1300) “to dash or splash” (as water), probably imitative. Related: Flashed; flashing. Sense of “give off a sudden burst of light or flame” is 1540s. Flash flood is from 1940. Flash card is from 1923. Flash cube (remember those?) is from 1965.
n.

1560s, from flash (v.); originally of lightning. Meaning “first news report” is from 1857. Meaning “photographic lamp” is from 1913. The comic book character dates to 1940. Flash in the pan (1809) is from old-style guns, where the powder might ignite in the pan but fail to spark the main charge.

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