flash - noun

a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

a momentary brightness

a short vivid experience

a sudden brilliant understanding

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

a gaudy outward display

a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

flash - verb

• gleam or glow intermittently
• appear briefly
• display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
• make known or cause to appear with great speed
• run or move very quickly or hastily
• expose or show briefly
• protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
• emit a brief burst of light

flash - adjective

• tastelessly showy

flash - thesaurus

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