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English adjective: flash | |||
| 1. | flash tastelessly showy | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Antonyms | tasteful | ||
English noun: flash | |||
| 1. | flash (event) a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coruscation, flicker, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glint, glitter, heat flash, lightning, spark, sparkle, streak | ||
| 2. | flash (attribute) a momentary brightness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brightness | ||
| 3. | flash (event) a short vivid experience | ||
| Samples | A flash of emotion swept over him. The flashings of pain were a warning. | ||
| Synonyms | flashing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience | ||
| 4. | flash (cognition) a sudden brilliant understanding | ||
| Samples | He had a flash of intuition. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brainstorm, brainwave, insight | ||
| 5. | flash (time) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bit, minute, mo, moment, second | ||
| 6. | flash (communication) a gaudy outward display | ||
| Synonyms | fanfare, ostentation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bluster, bravado, exhibitionism, pedantry, ritz, splurge | ||
| 7. | flash (communication) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | ||
| Synonyms | flare | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | visual signal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Bengal light, star shell, Very light, Very-light | ||
| 8. | flash (communication) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | ||
| Synonyms | news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bulletin | ||
| 9. | flash (artifact) a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | ||
| Samples | Red flashes adorned the airplane. A flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | patch | ||
| 10. | flash (artifact) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | ||
| Synonyms | flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lamp, photographic equipment | ||
| Part meronym | flash camera | ||
English verb: flash | |||
| 1. | flash (perception) gleam or glow intermittently | ||
| Samples | The lights were flashing. | ||
| Examples | Lights flash on the horizon, The horizon is flashing with lights | ||
| Synonyms | blink, twinkle, wink, winkle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | radiate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flick, flicker | ||
| 2. | flash (change) appear briefly | ||
| Samples | The headlines flashed on the screen. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear | ||
| 3. | flash (perception) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | ||
| Samples | He showed off his new sports car. | ||
| Synonyms | flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, exhibit, expose | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flex, splurge | ||
| 4. | flash (communication) make known or cause to appear with great speed | ||
| Samples | The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convey | ||
| 5. | flash (motion) run or move very quickly or hastily | ||
| Samples | She dashed into the yard. | ||
| Synonyms | dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | plunge | ||
| Verb group | buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | ||
| 6. | flash (perception) expose or show briefly | ||
| Samples | He flashed a $100 bill. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | show | ||
| 7. | flash (contact) protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | ||
| Samples | Flash the roof. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| 8. | flash (change) emit a brief burst of light | ||
| Samples | A shooting star flashed and was gone. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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