Meaning

Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing..

Definitions by Sense

1. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
2. (of a river) Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).
3. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
4. (archaic) Drunk; tipsy.

Example Sentences

The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.

Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s in flashy rivers to 0.08 m/s in lowland ones).

a flashy light

[…] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.

Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then a little 'flashy' he might be, but nothing more serious—and rely upon it, this was no common virtue in those days.

Word Forms

• flashier
• flashiest

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