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

1. intransitive verb. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
2. intransitive 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.
3. intransitive verb. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
4. transitive verb. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
5. transitive 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.
6. transitive verb. To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
7. noun. To trick up in a showy manner.
8. noun. To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
9. noun. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
10. noun. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
11. noun. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
12. noun. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
13. adjective. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
14. adjective. 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.
15. noun. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
16. noun. A pool.
17. noun. 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.
18. noun. a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

    Synonyms: flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash

19. noun. 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"

20. noun. a momentary brightness
21. noun. a sudden brilliant understanding

    "he had a flash of intuition"

22. noun. a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

    Synonyms: newsbreak, newsflash

23. noun. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

    Synonyms: flare

24. noun. a gaudy outward display

    Synonyms: fanfare, ostentation

25. noun. a short vivid experience

    "a flash of emotion swept over him"

    "the flashings of pain were a warning"

    Synonyms: flashing

26. noun. a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
27. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: heartbeat, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkling, wink

28. verb. appear briefly

    "The headlines flashed on the screen"

29. verb. emit a brief burst of light

    "A shooting star flashed and was gone"

30. verb. make known or cause to appear with great speed

    "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"

31. verb. protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

    "flash the roof"

32. verb. run or move very quickly or hastily

    "She dashed into the yard"

    Synonyms: dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot

33. verb. expose or show briefly

    "he flashed a $100 bill"

34. verb. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

    "he showed off his new sports car"

    Synonyms: flaunt, ostentate, swank

35. verb. gleam or glow intermittently

    "The lights were flashing"

    Synonyms: blink, twinkle, wink, winkle

36. adjective. tastelessly showy

    "a flash car"

    "a flashy ring"

    Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Synonyms

flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash, newsbreak, newsflash, flare, fanfare, ostentation, flashing, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkling, wink, dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot, flaunt, ostentate, swank, blink

Common word forms

flashed, flasher, flashes, flashly, flashing, flashness

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