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/ˈnuzˌflæʃ/ · noun
(broadcasting) A brief media report of something that has recently taken place..
Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.
In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).
Use news flash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
News flash means (broadcasting) A brief media report of something that has recently taken place..
Common synonyms include breaking news, bulletin, flash, snap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.
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