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English to English adjective
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Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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tastelessly showy | | Example: a flash car
a flashy ring
garish colors
a gaudy costume
loud sport shirts
a meretricious yet stylish book
tawdry ornaments
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a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | | source: wordnet30
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a momentary brightness | | source: wordnet30
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a short vivid experience | | Example: a flash of emotion swept over him
the flashings of pain were a warning
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a sudden brilliant understanding | | Example: he had a flash of intuition
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a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | | Example: if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
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a gaudy outward display | | source: wordnet30
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a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | | source: wordnet30
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a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | | source: wordnet30
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a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | | Example: red flashes adorned the airplane
a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to
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a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | | source: wordnet30
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A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. | | source: webster1913
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Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes. | | source: webster1913
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A pool. | | source: webster1913 verb
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gleam or glow intermittently | | Example: The lights were flashing
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appear briefly | | Example: The headlines flashed on the screen
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display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | | Example: he showed off his new sports car
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make known or cause to appear with great speed | | Example: The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
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run or move very quickly or hastily | | Example: She dashed into the yard
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expose or show briefly | | Example: he flashed a $100 bill
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| 22 |
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | | Example: flash the roof
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emit a brief burst of light | | Example: A shooting star flashed and was gone
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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. | | source: webster1913
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To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. | | source: webster1913
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