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flash

/ flash /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
Has parts:
flash camera
verb Sense 2
"The lights were flashing"
Type of:
radiate
Kinds of:
flicker flick
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
"he flashed a $100 bill"
Type of:
show
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
"flash the roof"
Type of:
cover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
"The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
Type of:
convey impart
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
"A shooting star flashed and was gone"
Type of:
appear
Derived:
blinker flasher
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 7
"The headlines flashed on the screen"
Type of:
appear
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 9
"a flash of emotion swept over him"
"the flashings of pain were a warning"
Type of:
experience
noun Sense 10
"red flashes adorned the airplane"
"a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"
Type of:
patch
noun Sense 11
"he had a flash of intuition"
noun Sense 12
Type of:
brightness
noun Sense 13
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I''d do it in a flash"
Type of:
moment minute second
noun Sense 14
Type of:
visual signal
verb Sense 15
"he showed off his new sports car"
Kinds of:
flex splurge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite Sense 16
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
noun Sense 17
Type of:
bulletin
verb Sense 18
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
Type of:
rush hotfoot hasten
Kinds of:
plunge
See also:
cut back flash back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
18
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
85
Times Searched
3
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