Flash

Verb

 * 1) To briefly illuminate a scene.
 * He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.
 * 1) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
 * The light flashed on and off.
 * 1) To be visible briefly.
 * The scenery flashed by quickly.
 * 1) To make visible briefly.
 * A number will be flashed on the screen.
 * 1)  To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
 * 2)  To expose one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly.
 * 3)  To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
 * 4)  to perform a flash.
 * 5) To move, or cause to move, suddenly

Synonyms

 * glint

Derived terms

 * flashback
 * flasher
 * flashforward
 * flashing
 * flashlight

Related terms

 * flush

Noun

 * 1) A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
 * 2)  A language, created by a repressed minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
 * 3) A very short amount of time.
 * 4) * 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
 * Quick—something must be done! done in a flash, too! But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
 * 1) Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
 * 2)  The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
 * 3)  A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.

Synonyms

 * (sudden, short, temporary burst of light): gleam, glint
 * (material left around the egde of a mould): moulding flash, molding flash

Antonyms

 * (very short amount of time): aeon

Hypernyms

 * (sudden, short, temporary burst of light): light

Derived terms

 * antiflash
 * camera flash
 * flashy
 * flashbulb
 * flash flood
 * flash in the pan
 * flash memory
 * flash photography
 * flash point
 * flashproof
 * in a flash
 * quick as a flash

Adjective

 * 1)  Expensive looking and attention worthy; stylish.
 * 2)  Having plenty of ready money

Adjectives for Flash
incessant; vicious; simultaneous (pi); continual (pi); temporary; vivid; rapid; illuminating; serpentine; forked; lurid; brilliant; sardonic; momentary; fiery; intellectual; blinding; deafening; free; intolerable; luminous; long-lingering; quick; eager; impetuous; sulphurous; flambeaux; electric; astonishing; meteoric; rhythmic; quivering; kaleidoscopic; sublime; downward; opalescent; white; clean-cut; fitful.

Verbs for Flash
create—; criticize—; develop into—; dis¬close—; display—; fire—; produce—; re¬bound in—; repeat—; ridicule—; shoot—; strike with—; wait for—; —appears; — arouses; —astounds; —attracts; —blazes; —bursts; —directs; —displays; —disturbs; —exposes; —flares; —flaunts; —flouts; — gleams; —ignites; —illumines; —indicates; —occurs; —passes over; —relinquishes; — reveals; —signals; —spurts; —vanishes; — violates,

Adverbs for Flash
briefly; brilliantly; gloriously; vindictively; instantaneously; irresistibly; fiercely; restlessly; intermittently; radiantly; lambently; simultaneously; serpenrinely; luridly; electrically;  meteorically;   kaleidoscopically; opalescently; fitfully.

Thesaurus
Teletype, advertise, air, antelope, arrow, automatic response, backfire, bang, be bright, beacon, beam, beat the drum, bedazzle, blare, blast, blaze, blaze of light, blazon forth, blind, blind impulse, blink, blowout, blowup, blue darter, blue streak, bob up, bolt, boom, brain wave, brainstorm, brandish, break forth, breath, breathing, bulletin, burn, burst, burst forth, burst out, cable, cannonball, cast, chic, classy, coruscate, coruscation, coup, courser, crack, dangle, dart, dash, daze, dazzle, dazzling, debouch, deflagration, demonstrate, detonation, diffuse light, dip, discharge, display, disport, drive, eagle, electricity, emblazon, erupt, exchange colors, exhibit, exhibition, explosion, expose, express train, facula, fancy, flag, flag down, flame, flare, flare up, flare-up, flash fire, flashy, flaunt, fleeting impulse, flick, flicker, flickering, flourish, fly, fulgurate, fulguration, fulmination, gazelle, give a signal, give light, give the nod, glance, glare, gleam, gleam of light, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, greased lightning, greyhound, gut response, hail, hail and speak, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, half an eye, half-mast, hare, hasten, hint, hoist a banner, hold up, hurry, iffy, impulse, incandesce, indication, inspiration, instant, instinct, involuntary impulse, irrupt, jet plane, jiff, jiffy, kick, leer, light, lightning, luster, make a sign, manifest, manifestation, mercury, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment, natural impulse, news report, nod, notion, nudge, ostentatious, outbreak, outburst, parade, peek, peep, poke, pop up, put forth, put forward, quick hunch, quick sight, quicksilver, quiver, race, radiate, radio, raise a cry, rapid glance, ray, reflex, report, ritzy, rocket, run, rush, salute, scamper, scared rabbit, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, scoot, scuttle, sec, second, send a wire, send out rays, shaft, shake, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shot, show, show off, showy, sign, sign off, sign on, signal, signalize, skedaddle, slant, smart, snazzy, solar flare, solar prominence, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, spangle, spark, sparkle, speak, speed, split second, sport, spring up, sprint, squiz, start up, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, stroke, sudden thought, suggestion, swallow, swish, take off, tear, telegram, telegraph, telex, thought, thunderbolt, tick, torrent, touch, trice, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, unfurl a flag, urge, vaunt, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, whistle, whiz, wind, wink, wire, zoom

Etymology
From the word flashen (to splash), a variant of flasken, which was likely of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

 * Hyphenation: flash (one syllable)

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shǎnguāng)
 * Danish: lyse, skinne
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: вспыхивать, вспыхнуть
 * Serbian: plamsaj
 * Swedish: lysa


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Swedish: blinka


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shǎnxiàn)
 * Danish: glimte


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: glimta


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shǎnxiàn)


 * Danish: blive vist i glimt
 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Danish: blotte sig
 * Finnish:


 * French: s'exhiber
 * Swedish: blotta

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shǎnshuò)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: blixt


 * : フラッシュ (furasshu)
 * : چمک

Adjective

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (súyànde)


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, ,

Anagrams

 * halfs

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) newsflash
 * 1) newsflash
 * 1) newsflash