flash

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
In some senses, from, a variant of , , which was likely of origin; in other senses probably of  origin akin to Swedish dialectal , related to. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
 * 2)  To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
 * 3)  To be visible briefly.
 * 4)  To make visible briefly.
 * 5)  To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally.
 * 6)  To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
 * 7) To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
 * 8) To communicate quickly.
 * 9) To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
 * 10)  To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
 * 11)  To evaporate suddenly.
 * 12)  To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
 * 13)  To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
 * 14)  To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
 * 15)  To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
 * 16)  To send by some startling or sudden means.
 * 17)  To burst out into violence.
 * 18)  To perform a.
 * 19)  To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
 * 20)  To trick up in a showy manner.
 * 21)  To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
 * 22) * 1590,, The Faerie Qveene. Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed for W[illiam] Ponsonbie,  18024649 , book II, canto VI, stanza XLII; republished as The Faerie Queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former Containing the First Three Books Printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are Now Added, a New Life of the Author, and also a Glossary. Adorn'd with Thirty-two Copper-Plates, from the Original Drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq.; Architect and Principal Painter to His Majesty, volume I, London: Printed for J. Brindley, in New Bond-Street, and S. Wright, Clerk of His Majesty's Works, at Hampton-Court, 1751,  642577152 , page 316:
 * The varlet ſaw, when to the flood he came, / How without ſtop or ſtay he fiercely lept, / And deep himſelfe beducked in the ſame, / That in the lake his loftie creſt was ſteept, / Ne of his ſafetie ſeemed care he kept, / But with his raging armes he rudely flaſhd / The waves about, and all his armour ſwept, / That all the bloud and filth away was waſht, / Yet ſtill he bet the water, and the billows daſht.
 * 1) To communicate quickly.
 * 2) To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
 * 3)  To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
 * 4)  To evaporate suddenly.
 * 5)  To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
 * 6)  To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
 * 7)  To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
 * 8)  To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
 * 9)  To send by some startling or sudden means.
 * 10)  To burst out into violence.
 * 11)  To perform a.
 * 12)  To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
 * 13)  To trick up in a showy manner.
 * 14)  To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
 * 15) * 1590,, The Faerie Qveene. Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed for W[illiam] Ponsonbie,  18024649 , book II, canto VI, stanza XLII; republished as The Faerie Queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former Containing the First Three Books Printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are Now Added, a New Life of the Author, and also a Glossary. Adorn'd with Thirty-two Copper-Plates, from the Original Drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq.; Architect and Principal Painter to His Majesty, volume I, London: Printed for J. Brindley, in New Bond-Street, and S. Wright, Clerk of His Majesty's Works, at Hampton-Court, 1751,  642577152 , page 316:
 * The varlet ſaw, when to the flood he came, / How without ſtop or ſtay he fiercely lept, / And deep himſelfe beducked in the ſame, / That in the lake his loftie creſt was ſteept, / Ne of his ſafetie ſeemed care he kept, / But with his raging armes he rudely flaſhd / The waves about, and all his armour ſwept, / That all the bloud and filth away was waſht, / Yet ſtill he bet the water, and the billows daſht.
 * 1)  To burst out into violence.
 * 2)  To perform a.
 * 3)  To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
 * 4)  To trick up in a showy manner.
 * 5)  To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
 * 6) * 1590,, The Faerie Qveene. Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed for W[illiam] Ponsonbie,  18024649 , book II, canto VI, stanza XLII; republished as The Faerie Queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former Containing the First Three Books Printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are Now Added, a New Life of the Author, and also a Glossary. Adorn'd with Thirty-two Copper-Plates, from the Original Drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq.; Architect and Principal Painter to His Majesty, volume I, London: Printed for J. Brindley, in New Bond-Street, and S. Wright, Clerk of His Majesty's Works, at Hampton-Court, 1751,  642577152 , page 316:
 * The varlet ſaw, when to the flood he came, / How without ſtop or ſtay he fiercely lept, / And deep himſelfe beducked in the ſame, / That in the lake his loftie creſt was ſteept, / Ne of his ſafetie ſeemed care he kept, / But with his raging armes he rudely flaſhd / The waves about, and all his armour ſwept, / That all the bloud and filth away was waſht, / Yet ſtill he bet the water, and the billows daſht.
 * The varlet ſaw, when to the flood he came, / How without ſtop or ſtay he fiercely lept, / And deep himſelfe beducked in the ſame, / That in the lake his loftie creſt was ſteept, / Ne of his ſafetie ſeemed care he kept, / But with his raging armes he rudely flaſhd / The waves about, and all his armour ſwept, / That all the bloud and filth away was waſht, / Yet ſtill he bet the water, and the billows daſht.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, skinne
 * Finnish:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: splanc
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Maori: kōwhā, kōhā, rapa, kōkirikiri
 * Portuguese: lampejar
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: blinke
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: splanc
 * Italian:
 * Latin: coruscare
 * Maori: karamu
 * Polish:, błysnąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: glimte
 * Esperanto: ekbrili
 * Finnish: vilahtaa;
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: fulgēre
 * Mansaka: kilat
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: flage
 * Polish: błąkać się,, błysnąć
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使閃現
 * Danish: blive vist i glimt
 * Finnish: vilauttaa;
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: flage


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 故意走光
 * Danish: blotte
 * Finnish: vilauttaa
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakapohane, whakapōhanehane, pitore, whakapuheto, whakapuwheto
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: vilauttaa
 * Maori: whakapohane


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: vilauttaa
 * Latin: ostentare


 * Finnish:


 * Czech: mihnout se, míhat se
 * Finnish:, , vilahtaa


 * Armenian: ծնգցնել
 * Azerbaijani: vızıv atmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, soittaa häläri, soittaa killeri
 * Georgian: ზარის გაშვება
 * Persian: تک‌زنگ زدن
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: / цимнути
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: flashata


 * Finnish: uudelleenkirjoittaa
 * German:


 * Finnish: flashata


 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1) A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
 * 2) A very short amount of time.
 * 3)  A flashlight; an electric torch.
 * 4) * 1939,, , New York, N.Y.: , 747046957 ; republished London: , 2011, ISBN 978-0-241-95628-1 , page 34:
 * I reached a flash out of my car pocket and went down-grade and looked at the car.
 * 1)  A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
 * 2)  Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
 * 3) Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
 * 4)  The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
 * 5)  A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
 * 6)  A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
 * 7)  A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
 * 8)  A form of military insignia.
 * 9) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera,  and Rapala.
 * 10)  A tattoo flash example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo.
 * 11) The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
 * 12)  A newsflash.
 * 13) A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
 * 14) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash
 * 1)  A form of military insignia.
 * 2) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera,  and Rapala.
 * 3)  A tattoo flash example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo.
 * 4) The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
 * 5)  A newsflash.
 * 6) A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
 * 7) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash
 * 1)  A newsflash.
 * 2) A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
 * 3) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash
 * 1)  A newsflash.
 * 2) A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
 * 3) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash
 * 1) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash
 * 1) The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
 * panty flash

Translations

 * Belarusian: успы́шка
 * Bulgarian:, бля́сване
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: záblesk
 * Danish: glimt,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ekbrilo
 * Finnish:, väläys, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: splanc
 * Istriot: lanpo
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 플래시
 * Macedonian: блесок
 * Occitan: beleg, ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: شمشك
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lasair, plathadh
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: спа́лах, зблиск, спо́лох, спала́хнення
 * Venetian: lanpo
 * Walloon: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: vilaus
 * German:, Blitzeseile
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥιπή


 * German: ,
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: alakieli


 * Asturian: flax
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, salamavalo
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: flass
 * Maori: kohiko
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: blits
 * Nynorsk: blits
 * Polish:, lampa błyskowa
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon:


 * Japanese:
 * Urdu:

Adjective

 * 1)  Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
 * 2)  Having plenty of ready money.
 * 3)  Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
 * 4)  Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
 * 5)  Relating to thieves and vagabonds.
 * 1)  Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
 * 2)  Relating to thieves and vagabonds.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 俗豔
 * Danish: flot
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Maori: rīraparapa
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
From, ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, which is of 🇨🇬 origin, akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A pool.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.

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Noun

 * 1)  burst of light
 * 2) newsflash
 * 1) newsflash

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Noun

 * , camera flash
 * 1) newsflash

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