Flash

Meaning

Verb

●

To cause to

or intermittently.

●

To

; to

or

intermittently.

●

To be

briefly.

●

To make

briefly.

●

To

or

, often

and

unintentionally

. (Contrast streak.)

●

In Light:

To

forth like a

of

; to show a

brilliance.

●

To

; to

in a

manner.

●

To

quickly.

●

To

, or cause to

, suddenly.

●

To

a person, only

the

to

once, in order to

a

back.

●

To

. (See

evaporation.)

●

In Climbing:

To

(a

)

on the first attempt.

●

In Computing:

To

to the

of (an

such as a BIOS

or

cartridge).

●

To

with a

, as

of

with

of a different colour.

●

To

(blown

) into a disc.

●

To

by some

or

means.

●

To

into violence.

●

In Juggling:

To

a flash.

●

In Metallurgy:

To

the

from a

vessel.

●

To

up in a

manner.

●

To

and

large

bodies of water

from the

; to splash.

Noun

●

In Light:

A

,

,

of light.

●

A very

amount of time.

●

In American English & Light:

A

; an

torch.

●

In Light:

A

and

,

or wit.

●

Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.

●

Material

around the

of a

part at the

of the mould.

●

In British English & Cockney English:

The

of

or

around the

of market traders.

●

In Juggling:

A

where each

is

and

only once.

●

In Linguistics:

A language,

by a

to

cultural identity

, that cannot be

by the

class.

●

In Photography:

Clipping of

(“a

used to

a

of

to help

a scene”).

●

A

of

,

, etc; for

to

look stronger.

●

In Military:

A form of

insignia.

●

In Computing:

Clipping of

memory.

●

In Gossamer-winged butterflies:

Any of various

of the

Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.

●

In Body art:

A

(example design

to give an

of a possible

).

●

The

of being "high" after

a

drug.

●

Synonym of

(“recurrence of the effects of a

drug”)

●

A newsflash.

●

A

or making

(of a

,

, etc).

●

The (intentional or

)

of an

or

in public.

●

In Telecommunications:

Short for

flash.

●

A pool.

●

In Engineering:

A

and

beside a

, just above a

, so that the

may

water as

, and thus

them over the

.

Adj

●

In Australian English & New Zealand English:

Expensive-looking and

;

; showy.

●

In British English:

Having plenty of

money.

●

In British English:

Liable to

or money.

●

In American English:

Occurring very

, almost instantaneously.

●

Relating to

and vagabonds.

Name

●

A

, most often used for

and

to webpages.

●

Any of various DC Comics

who have the power of

,

from an energy called the Speed Force.

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