Flash

noun

flæʃ

Adjective

tastelessly showy
“a flash car”
“a flashy ring”
Similar:Brassy Cheap Flashy Garish Gaudy

a short vivid experience
“a flash of emotion swept over him”
“the flashings of pain were a warning”
Similar:Flashing
Type of:Experience
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”
Similar:Heartbeat Instant Jiffy TriceTwinkling
Type of:MoMinuteMoment
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”
Type of:Patch
a sudden brilliant understanding
“he had a flash of intuition”
Type of:BrainstormBrainwaveInsight
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Similar:FlashbulbFlashgunPhotoflash
Type of:Lamp
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Similar:NewsbreakNewsflash
Type of:Bulletin
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Similar:Flare
a gaudy outward display
Similar:Fanfare Ostentation
Type of:Display
a momentary brightness
Type of:Brightness
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
Type of:OccurrenceHappeningOccurrent

gleam or glow intermittently
“The lights were flashing”
Similar:BlinkTwinkle WinkWinkle
Type of:Radiate
run or move very quickly or hastily
Similar:Dart Dash Scoot Scud Shoot
Type of:SpeedHotfootHie
appear briefly
“The headlines flashed on the screen”
Type of:Appear
emit a brief burst of light
“A shooting star flashed and was gone”
Type of:Appear
expose or show briefly
“he flashed a $100 bill”
Type of:Show
make known or cause to appear with great speed
“The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts”
Type of:Convey
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
“flash the roof”
Type of:Cover
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Similar:FlauntOstentateSwank
Type of:ExposeDisplayExhibit