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noun
1.
Building Trades. pieces of sheet metal or the like used to cover and protect certain joints and angles, as where a roof comes in contact with a wall or chimney, especially against leakage.
2.
the act of creating an artificial flood in a conduit or stream, as in a sewer for cleansing it.
3.
Photography, Movies. the process of increasing film speed by exposing undeveloped film briefly to a weak light source before using it or of exposing photographic printing paper to reduce contrast.
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Flashing
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noun
1.
a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
2.
a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc.
3.
a very brief moment; instant: I'll be back in a flash.
4.
Informal. flashlight (def. 1).
5.
EXPANDsuperficial, meretricious, or vulgar showiness; ostentatious display.
6.
Also called news flash. Journalism. a brief dispatch sent by a wire service, usually transmitting preliminary news of an important story or development. Compare bulletin (def. 2).
7.
Photography.
a.
bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during an exposure.
8.
the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device.
10.
Slang. rush (def. 25).
11.
Metallurgy.
a.
a ridge of metal left on a casting by a seam between parts of the mold.
b.
a ridge formed at the edge of a forging or weld where excess metal has been squeezed out.
12.
Poker. a hand containing all five suits in a game played with a five-suit pack.
13.
a device, as a lock or sluice, for confining and releasing water to send a boat down a shallow stream.
14.
the rush of water thus produced.
15.
16.
COLLAPSEObsolete. the cant or jargon of thieves, vagabonds, etc.
verb (used without object)
17.
to break forth into sudden flame or light, especially transiently or intermittently: a buoy flashing in the distance.
18.
to gleam.
19.
to burst suddenly into view or perception: The answer flashed into his mind.
20.
to move like a flash.
21.
EXPANDto speak or behave with sudden anger, outrage, or the like (often followed by out): to flash out at a stupid remark.
22.
to break into sudden action.
23.
Slang. to open one's clothes and expose the genitals suddenly, and usually briefly, in public.
24.
Slang. to experience the intense effects of a narcotic or stimulant drug.
25.
to dash or splash, as the sea or waves.
26.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to make a flash or sudden display.
verb (used with object)
27.
to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes.
28.
to cause to flash, as powder by ignition or a sword by waving.
29.
to send forth like a flash.
30.
to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph.
31.
EXPANDto make an ostentatious display of: He's forever flashing a large roll of bills.
32.
to display suddenly and briefly: She flashed her ID card at the guard.
33.
to change (water) instantly into steam by pouring or directing onto a hot surface.
34.
to increase the flow of water in (a river, channel, etc.).
35.
Glassmaking and Ceramics.
a.
to coat (plain glass or a glass or ceramic object) with a layer of colored, opalescent, or white glass.
b.
to apply (such a layer).
c.
to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating.
36.
Building Trades. to protect from leakage with flashing.
37.
Cards. to expose (a card) in the process of dealing.
38.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to dash or splash (water).
adjective
Idioms39.
sudden and brief: a flash storm.
40.
showy or ostentatious.
41.
caused by or used as protection against flash: flash injuries; flash clothing.
42.
counterfeit or sham.
43.
EXPANDbelonging to or connected with thieves, vagabonds, etc., or their cant or jargon.
44.
COLLAPSEof or pertaining to followers of boxing, racing, etc.
45.
flash in the pan,
a.
a brief, intense effort that produces no really significant result.
b.
a person who makes such an effort; one who enjoys short-lived success.
46.
flash on, Slang.
a.
to have a sudden thought, insight, or inspiration about.
b.
to have a sudden, vivid memory or mental picture of: I just flashed on that day we spent at the lake.
c.
to feel an instantaneous understanding and appreciation of.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English flasshen to sprinkle, splash, earlier flask(i)en; probably phonesthemic in orig.; compare similar expressive words with fl- and -sh
1350–1400; Middle English flasshen to sprinkle, splash, earlier flask(i)en; probably phonesthemic in orig.; compare similar expressive words with fl- and -sh
Related forms
flash·ing·ly, adverb
out·flash, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
1. flare, gleam, glare. 3. twinkling, wink. 18. scintillate. Flash, glance, glint, glitter mean to send forth a sudden gleam (or gleams) of bright light. To flash is to send forth light with a sudden, transient brilliancy: A shooting star flashed briefly. To glance is to emit a brilliant flash of light as a reflection from a smooth surface: Sunlight glanced from the glass windshield. Glint suggests a hard bright gleam of reflected light, as from something polished or burnished: Light glints from silver or from burnished copper. To glitter is to reflect intermittent flashes of light from a hard surface: Ice glitters in the moonlight. 40. flashy, gaudy, tawdry; pretentious, superficial. 42. false, fake.
1. flare, gleam, glare. 3. twinkling, wink. 18. scintillate. Flash, glance, glint, glitter mean to send forth a sudden gleam (or gleams) of bright light. To flash is to send forth light with a sudden, transient brilliancy: A shooting star flashed briefly. To glance is to emit a brilliant flash of light as a reflection from a smooth surface: Sunlight glanced from the glass windshield. Glint suggests a hard bright gleam of reflected light, as from something polished or burnished: Light glints from silver or from burnished copper. To glitter is to reflect intermittent flashes of light from a hard surface: Ice glitters in the moonlight. 40. flashy, gaudy, tawdry; pretentious, superficial. 42. false, fake.
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Word Origin & History
flash
late 14c., from flasken (c.1300) "to dash or splash" (as water), probably imitative. Related: Flashed. Sense of "give off a sudden burst of light or flame" is 1540s, as is the noun. Meaning "photographic lamp" is from 1913. Flash in the pan (1809) is from old-style guns, where the powder might ignite
EXPANDin the pan but fail to spark the main charge. Flash flood is from 1940; flash point (also flashpoint) is from 1878, figurative use by 1955.
flashing
1570s, of light; see flash. Meaning indecent exposure is from 1896. The meaning strip of metal used in roofing, etc. is from 1782, earlier simply flash (1570s), but is of unknown origin and might be an unrelated word.
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