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| Sounds | flae'sh |
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| Rhymes | abash, Asch, ash, and 34 more rhymes in aesh at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Tastelessly showy. |
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| Examples | "a flash car"; "a flashy ring" |
| Synonyms | brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
| Similar to | tasteless, in poor taste |
| Meaning | A sudden intense burst of radiant energy. |
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| Narrower | flicker, spark, glint; gleam, gleaming, glimmer; glitter, sparkle, coruscation; heat flash; lightning; streak |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, natural event |
| Verbs | flash |
| Meaning | A momentary brightness. |
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| Broader | brightness |
| Verbs | flash; flash |
| Meaning | A short vivid experience. |
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| Examples | "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" |
| Synonyms | flashing |
| Broader | experience |
| Verbs | flash |
| Meaning | A sudden brilliant understanding. |
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| Examples | "he had a flash of intuition" |
| Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave |
| Meaning | A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat). |
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| Examples | "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
| Synonyms | blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute |
| Broader | moment, minute, second, bit |
| Verbs | flash |
| Meaning | A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate. |
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| Synonyms | flare |
| Narrower | star shell; Bengal light; Very light |
| Broader | visual signal |
| Meaning | A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story. |
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| Synonyms | news bulletin, newsflash, newsbreak |
| Broader | bulletin |
| Verbs | flash; flash |
| Meaning | A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification. |
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| Examples | "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to" |
| Broader | patch |
| Meaning | A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph. |
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| Synonyms | photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb |
| Part of | flash camera |
| Broader | lamp; photographic equipment |
| Meaning | Gleam or glow intermittently. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Lights flash on the horizon; The horizon is flashing with lights |
| Examples | "The lights were flashing" |
| Synonyms | blink, wink, twinkle, winkle |
| Narrower | flicker, flick |
| Broader | radiate |
| Nouns | flash; flasher |
| Meaning | Appear briefly. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The headlines flashed on the screen" |
| Broader | appear |
| Nouns | flash, flashing; flash |
| Meaning | Display proudly. Act ostentatiously or pretentiously. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | flaunt, show off, ostentate, swank |
| Narrower | flex; splurge |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display |
| Meaning | Make known or cause to appear with great speed. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" |
| Broader | convey, impart |
| Nouns | flash |
| Meaning | Run or move very quickly or hastily. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot |
| Narrower | plunge |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
| Similar to | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck |
| See also | flash back |
| Meaning | Expose or show briefly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "he flashed a $100 bill" |
| Broader | show |
| Nouns | flasher; flash |
| Meaning | Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "flash the roof" |
| Broader | cover |
| Meaning | Emit a brief burst of light. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "A shooting star flashed and was gone" |
| Broader | appear |
| Nouns | flash; flash; flasher; flasher |