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/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/ · noun
(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source..
At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.
He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.
[…] the flashlight exploded like a tiny bomb, making the Vicar jump a little, which explains why his face is a thankful blur, his deadly role forgotten to history (I have the photograph before me now).
[…] two or three bright flashlights went off close to us. It seemed that some prominent person was being quickly interviewed by reporters and photographed just before the ship left.
Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.
Use flashlight when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flashlight means (Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source..
Common synonyms include electric torch, torch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.
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