Definition

1. Verb:
   • To flicker (like lightning): The word "chơm chớp" describes the action of lightning flashing intermittently in the sky. It conveys a sense of quick, repeated flashes.
   • To sparkle or twinkle rapidly: It can be used metaphorically to describe something that glitters or shines with quick, repeated bursts of light.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trời đang chơm chớp ở phía xa. (The sky is flickering with lightning in the distance.)
  • Ánh đèn neon chơm chớp trong đêm. (The neon light twinkled rapidly in the night.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in a poetic or descriptive literary context to depict lightning or similar rapid, flashing light. It is not commonly used in everyday technical or meteorological reports.

Variants and Related Words

• Chớp (v): to flash (of lightning). This is the root and more common word from which "chơm chớp" is derived.
  • Trời bắt đầu chớp. (The sky began to flash with lightning.)

Synonyms

• Flicker: to shine with a wavering light.
• Twinkle: to shine with a flickering light.
• Flash: to emit a brief, sudden light.

Notes on Usage

• "Chơm chớp" is considered a variant or a more descriptive, perhaps slightly archaic or regional, form of the simpler verb "chớp." Its usage emphasizes the repetitive or intermittent nature of the flashing light.

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