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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"
Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy Similar: tasteless, in poor taste

noun

a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
a momentary brightness
a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
Synonyms: flashing
a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
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"
Synonyms: blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Synonyms: flare
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Synonyms: newsbreak, newsflash, news bulletin
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"
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Synonyms: flashbulb, flashgun, flash bulb, flash lamp, photoflash

verb

gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
Synonyms: blink, twinkle, wink, winkle
appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
Synonyms: flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Synonyms: dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot
expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"
emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"