The Meaning of flash

• (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
• (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
• (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
• (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
• (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
• (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
• (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
• (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
• (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
• (a.) 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.
• (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
• (n.) A pool.
• (n.) 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.

Synonyms

flashing , blink of an eye , heartbeat , instant , jiffy , split second , trice , twinkling , wink , New York minute , ostentation , fanfare , flare , news bulletin , newsflash , newsbreak , photoflash , flash lamp , flashgun , flashbulb , flash bulb , blink , wink , twinkle , winkle , flaunt , show off , ostentate , swank , dart , dash , scoot , scud , shoot , brassy , cheap , flashy , garish , gaudy , gimcrack , loud , meretricious , tacky , tatty , tawdry , trashy

Homophones

flasch

Rhymes

abash , asch , asche , ash , ashe , backlash , balderdash , basch , bash , brasch , brash , cache , cash , clash , crash , dasch , dash , eyelash , flasch , frasch , furash , gash , gnash , guasch , hasch , hash , kash , lasch , lash , lukash , masch , mash , mishmash , moustache , mustache , nash , noncash , palash , pash , plash , potash , precrash , rasch , rasche , rash , rehash , sash , slapdash , slash , smash , splash , stash , tasch , tash , thrash , trash , whiplash