Flash

Quick meaning: Flash is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

Meaning

(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
2. (intransitive) To be visible briefly.
3. (transitive) To make visible briefly.
4. (ambitransitive, informal) To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)
5. (figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
6. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
7. To communicate quickly.

Example Sentences

The light flashed on and off.

The scenery flashed by quickly.

A number will be flashed on the screen.

He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.

Word Forms

• flashes
• flashing
• flashed

Synonyms for flash

Depending on context, synonyms include glint, beep, gleam, instant, jiffy, twinkle.

Antonyms for flash

Common opposites include aeon, spell, age, eld, eon, eternity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twinkle, twinkling, glint, flare, blink, wink.

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