flash
/flæʃ/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Flash means: tastelessly showy.
Synonyms for flash52
noun, as in a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
noun, as in a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
noun, as in a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
noun, as in a gaudy outward display
noun, as in a short vivid experience
noun, as in a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
verb, as in run or move very quickly or hastily
verb, as in display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
adjective, as in tastelessly showy
What does flash mean?19
adjective
tastelessly showy“a flash car”
verb
run or move very quickly or hastily“She dashed into the yard”
gleam or glow intermittently“The lights were flashing”
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously“he showed off his new sports car”
appear briefly“The headlines flashed on the screen”
make known or cause to appear with great speed“The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts”
expose or show briefly“he flashed a $100 bill”
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal“flash the roof”
emit a brief burst of light“A shooting star flashed and was gone”
noun
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”
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
a gaudy outward display
a short vivid experience“a flash of emotion swept over him”
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
a momentary brightness
a sudden brilliant understanding“he had a flash of intuition”
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification“red flashes adorned the airplane”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with flash?19
Flash in a sentence
- In a flash of craziness, my mother set fire to our house.Nuel
- She always kept a flash drive on her key ring, just in case.mccarras
- The flash wasn't working, so he couldn't take any pictures in the dark.Lebensfreude
- The flash wasn't working, so he couldn't take a picture in the dark.Lepotdeterre
- At this moment, all his past life seemed to flash across his mind.pengpau
- He left, quick as a flash, without saying where he was going.sundown
- The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.unknown
- From time to time lightning flashes, and thunder rumbles dully.AlanF_US
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of flash
as a noun
- plural
- flashes
as a verb
- past tense
- flashed
- present participle
- flashing
- third-person singular
- flashes
- past participle
- flashed