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[noun] a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
[noun] a momentary brightness
[noun] a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
[noun] a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
[noun] a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
[noun] a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
[noun] a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
[noun] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
[adjective] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[verb] make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
[verb] appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
[verb] emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone."
[verb] protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal, as of parts of roofs
[verb] run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
[verb] expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
[verb] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
[verb] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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\Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash. Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd. The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold. A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson. 3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak. {To flash in the pan}, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett. Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}. Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.
\Flash\, v. t. 1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. --Milton. 2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. 3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, n., 3
(b) . 4. To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer. 5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.] He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser. {Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, n., 3.
\Flash\, n.; pl. {Flashes}. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. 2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak. No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt. 3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. --Bacon. 4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. {Flash light}, or {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight. {Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.
\Flash\, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. 2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. {Flash house}, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. ``A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house.'' --Macaulay.
\Flash\, n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
\Flash\, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.] 1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] --Haliwell. 2. (Engineering) 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} (Mech.), 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.

Synonyms for flash

blink, blink of an eye, brassy, cheap, dart, dash, flare, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, flashing, flashy, flaunt, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, in poor taste(p), instant, jiffy, loud, meretricious, New York minute, news bulletin, newsflash, ostentate, photoflash, scoot, scud, shoot, show off, split second, swank, tacky, tasteless, tatty, tawdry, trashy, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink, wink, winkle

See also: bulletin | cannonball along | coruscation | display | exhibit | gleam | glimmer | heat flash | hotfoot | impart | minute | moment | natural event | pelt along | race | second | speed | splurge | star shell | streak |

Related terms: blazon forth, brandish, flag, flashy, fly, gazelle, greased lightning, indication, inspiration, instinct, light, millisecond, news report, nod, scintilla, sec, shimmer, shot, sign, solar flare, spangle, speed, spring up, striped snake, Teletype, telex, trumpet forth, two shakes, wave, wink

The fun area, different aproach to word »flash«

Let's analyse "flash" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HSALF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1475 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: flash: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: flash: 6 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 8 = 19, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
F (1) 6 Lovers Practical, Faithful, Organizer
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
L (1) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
S (1) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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