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flash·y
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ˈflæʃ
i
/
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[
flash
-ee
]
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adjective,
flash·i·er,
flash·i·est.
1.
sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment:
a flashy performance.
2.
ostentatiously or vulgarly smart; showy; gaudy:
flashy clothes.
Origin:
1575–85;
flash
+
-y
1
Related forms
flash·i·ly,
adverb
flash·i·ness,
noun
un·flash·y,
adjective
Synonyms
2.
See
gaudy
1
.
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flashy
(ˈflæʃɪ)
—
adj
,
flashier
,
flashiest
1.
brilliant and dazzling, esp for a short time or in a superficial way
2.
cheap and ostentatious
'flashily
—
adv
'flashiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
flashy
"showy, cheaply attractive," 1680s, from
flash
+
-y
(2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
For-profit news outfits are too
flashy
for my taste.
With the money he bought himself a suit of cheap,
flashy
clothes.
It is good politics for an age of austerity where there is no money to spend on
flashy
new plans.
Green beans are a workhorse vegetable: nothing
flashy
, rarely the star, but
always dependable in a supporting role.
Brown trout get aggressive in the fall as they prepare to spawn, so try fishing streamers or
flashy
lures.
Digital games are
flashy
, but board and card games offer the advantages of structured play with a lower barrier to entry.
Its
flashy
occupants, all bred in captivity, seem content.
The boring project manager, in other words, meant more to the success or failure of the project than did the
flashy
designer.
Limestone rocks are the primary bed of this
flashy
river.
With the market for
flashy
homes dead, the bank reckoned it made more financial sense to destroy them than to complete them.
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