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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 |