Main entry: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash
Definition: a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Main entry: flash
Definition: a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
Usage: red flashes adorned the airplane; a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to
Main entry: flash
Definition: a momentary brightness
Main entry: flash
Definition: a sudden brilliant understanding
Usage: he had a flash of intuition
Main entry: flash, news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash
Definition: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Definition: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Main entry: flash, fanfare, ostentation
Definition: a gaudy outward display
Definition: a short vivid experience
Usage: a flash of emotion swept over him; the flashings of pain were a warning
Main entry: flash
Definition: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
Main entry: New York minute, split second, blink of an eye, wink, heartbeat, instant, trice, twinkling, flash, jiffy
Definition: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Usage: if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Main entry: flash
Definition: appear briefly
Usage: The headlines flashed on the screen
Main entry: flash
Definition: emit a brief burst of light
Usage: A shooting star flashed and was gone
Main entry: flash
Definition: make known or cause to appear with great speed
Usage: The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
Main entry: flash
Definition: protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
Usage: flash the roof
Main entry: shoot, scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash
Definition: run or move very quickly or hastily
Usage: She dashed into the yard
Main entry: flash
Definition: expose or show briefly
Usage: he flashed a $100 bill
Main entry: ostentate, flash, flaunt, show off, swank
Definition: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Usage: he showed off his new sports car
Main entry: flash, wink, winkle, blink, twinkle
Definition: gleam or glow intermittently
Usage: The lights were flashing
Main entry: meretricious, loud, cheap, brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, gimcrack
Definition: tastelessly showy
Usage: a flash car; a flashy ring; garish colors; a gaudy costume; loud sport shirts; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments