Dictionary Entry
flash
flash is a 5-letter English word with 36 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 36 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
- 2intransitive verb
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.
- 3intransitive verb
To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
- 4transitive verb
To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6transitive verb
To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing., 3 (b).
- 7noun
To trick up in a showy manner.
- 8noun
To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
- 9noun
A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
- 10noun
A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
- 11noun
The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
- 12noun
A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
- 13adjective
Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
- 14adjective
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.
- 15noun
Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
- 16noun
A pool.
- 17noun
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.
- 18noun
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
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- 19noun
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"
- 20noun
a momentary brightness
- 21noun
a sudden brilliant understanding
"he had a flash of intuition"
- 22noun
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
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- 23noun
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
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- 24noun
a gaudy outward display
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- 25noun
a short vivid experience
"a flash of emotion swept over him"
"the flashings of pain were a warning"
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- 26noun
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
- 27noun
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
- 28verb
appear briefly
"The headlines flashed on the screen"
- 29verb
emit a brief burst of light
"A shooting star flashed and was gone"
- 30verb
make known or cause to appear with great speed
"The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
- 31verb
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
"flash the roof"
- 32verb
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
- 33verb
expose or show briefly
"he flashed a $100 bill"
- 34verb
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
"he showed off his new sports car"
- 35verb
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
- 36adjective
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
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