Flash - Definition
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"