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flash

• (s) tastelessly showy
  • a flash car
  • a flashy ring
  • garish colors
  • a gaudy costume
  • loud sport shirts
  • a meretricious yet stylish book
  • tawdry ornaments
  flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, trashy,

Nouns

• (n) a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
• (n) a momentary brightness
• (n) a short vivid experience
  • a flash of emotion swept over him
  • the flashings of pain were a warning
  flashing,
• (n) a sudden brilliant understanding
  • he had a flash of intuition
• (n) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
  • if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
  blink of an eye, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, heartbeat,
• (n) a gaudy outward display fanfare, ostentation,
• (n) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate flare,
• (n) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story newsbreak, news bulletin, newsflash,
• (n) a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
  • red flashes adorned the airplane
  • a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to
• (n) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph flashbulb, flash bulb, flashgun, flash lamp, photoflash,

Verbs

• (v) gleam or glow intermittently
  • The lights were flashing
  twinkle, wink, winkle, blink,
• (v) appear briefly
  • The headlines flashed on the screen
• (v) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
  • he showed off his new sports car
  flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank,
• (v) make known or cause to appear with great speed
  • The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
• (v) run or move very quickly or hastily
  • She dashed into the yard
  dash, scoot, scud, dart, shoot,
• (v) expose or show briefly
  • he flashed a $100 bill
• (v) protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
  • flash the roof
• (v) emit a brief burst of light
  • A shooting star flashed and was gone

Synonyms

twinkle wink winkle blink flashy garish gaudy gimcrack tawdry brassy cheap loud meretricious tacky tatty trashy flashing flaunt ostentate show off swank blink of an eye instant jiffy New York minute split second trice twinkling heartbeat dash scoot scud dart shoot fanfare ostentation flare newsbreak news bulletin newsflash flashbulb flash bulb flashgun flash lamp photoflash

See also

cut back flash back

Words of close approximity