| flash point or flashing point | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the lowest temperature at which the vapour above a liquid can be ignited in air |
| 2. | a critical moment beyond which a situation will inevitably erupt into violence: the political mood has reached flash point |
| flashing point or flashing point | |
| —n | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |