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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\, noun; pl. {Flashes}.
1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak.
No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt.
3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. --Bacon.
4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictitious strength to liquors.
5. a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph; as, to take a picture without a flash.
Syn: flashbulb, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun. [WordNet 1.5]
6. Same as {flashlight}. [informal] [PJC]
7. (Journalism) A short news item providing recently received and usually preliminary information about an event that is considered important enough to interrupt normal broadcasting or other news delivery services; also called a {news flash} or {bulletin}. [PJC]
{Flash light}, or {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight.
{Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\, adjective
1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
{Flash house}, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. ''A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house.'' --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\ (fl[a^]sh), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Flashed} (fl[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]
1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.
Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd.
The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold.
A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson.
3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak.
{flash in the pan}, a failure or a poor performance, especially after a normal or auspicious start; also, a person whose initial performance appears augur success but who fails to achieve anything notable. From 4th {pan}, noun, sense 3 -- part of a flintlock. Occasionally, the powder in the pan of a flintlock would flash without conveying the fire to the charge, and the ball would fail to be discharged. Thus, a good or even spectacular beginning that eventually achieves little came to be called a flash in the pan.
{To flash in the pan}, to fail of success, especially after a normal or auspicious start. [Colloq.] See under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}.
Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\, noun Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\, noun [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.]
1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] --Haliwell.
2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
{Flash wheel} (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flash \Flash\ (fl[a^]sh), verb (used with an object)
1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. --Milton.
2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, noun, 3 (b) .
4. To trick up in a showy manner.
Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer.
5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.]
He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser.
{Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, noun, 3.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flash
adjective: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
noun
1: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
2: a momentary brightness
3: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: {flashing}]
4: a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
5: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {heartbeat}, {instant}, {jiffy}, {split second}, {trice}, {twinkling}, {wink}, {New York minute}]
6: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate [syn: {flare}]
7: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story [syn: {news bulletin}, {newsflash}, {newsbreak}]
8: 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"
9: a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph [syn: {photoflash}, {flash lamp}, {flashgun}, {flashbulb}, {flash bulb}]
verb
1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: {blink}, {wink}, {twinkle}, {winkle}]
2: appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
3: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" [syn: {flaunt}, {show off}, {ostentate}, {swank}]
4: make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
5: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: {dart}, {dash}, {scoot}, {scud}, {shoot}]
6: expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
7: protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"
8: emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
268 Moby Thesaurus words for "flash": 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Flash (Or "Shockwave Flash") A file format for delivering {interactive} {vector graphics} and animation on the {World-Wide Web}, developed by {Macromedia}. {Home (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/)}. (1998-07-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
flash
1. A program which allows one to flood another {Unix} user's {terminal} with {garbage}, through exploiting a common security hole in the victim's {host}'s {talk} {daemon}. Users with "messages off" (mesg n) and users on systems running fixed talk daemons, or not running talk daemons at all, are immune. (1996-09-08) 2. See {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory}. (1997-02-02)
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