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Meaning of flash
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flash
adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring";
"garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts";
"a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish},
{gaudy}, {gimcrack}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky},
{tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
n 1: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
2: a momentary brightness
3: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over
him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: {flash},
{flashing}]
4: a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of
intuition"
5: 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" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {flash}, {heartbeat},
{instant}, {jiffy}, {split second}, {trice}, {twinkling},
{wink}, {New York minute}]
6: a gaudy outward display [syn: {ostentation}, {fanfare},
{flash}]
7: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate [syn:
{flare}, {flash}]
8: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
[syn: {news bulletin}, {newsflash}, {flash}, {newsbreak}]
9: 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"
10: a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
[syn: {flash}, {photoflash}, {flash lamp}, {flashgun},
{flashbulb}, {flash bulb}]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: {flash}, {blink}, {wink}, {twinkle}, {winkle}]
2: appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
3: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: {flaunt}, {flash}, {show
off}, {ostentate}, {swank}]
4: make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest
intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
5: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: {dart}, {dash}, {scoot}, {scud}, {flash},
{shoot}]
6: expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
7: protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the
roof"
8: emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was
gone"
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