flash

/flæʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
A very short amount of time.
A flashlight; an electric torch.
A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
(Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
To be visible briefly.
To make visible briefly.
To briefly, and often unintentionally, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)
To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
(of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
Relating to thieves and vagabonds.
A pool.
A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

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