flash

Adjective

• tastelessly showy
  • a flash car
    
  • a flashy ring
    
  • garish colors
    
  • a gaudy costume
    
  • loud sport shirts
    
  • a meretricious yet stylish book
    
  • tawdry ornaments
    

Noun

• a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

• 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
    

• a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• a gaudy outward display

• 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
    

• a sudden brilliant understanding
  • he had a flash of intuition
    

• a short vivid experience
  • a flash of emotion swept over him
    
  • the flashings of pain were a warning
    

• a momentary brightness

• a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

Verb

• emit a brief burst of light
  • A shooting star flashed and was gone
    

• protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
  • flash the roof
    

• expose or show briefly
  • he flashed a $100 bill
    

• run or move very quickly or hastily
  • She dashed into the yard
    

• make known or cause to appear with great speed
  • The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
    

• display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
  • he showed off his new sports car
    

• appear briefly
  • The headlines flashed on the screen
    

• gleam or glow intermittently
  • The lights were flashing
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  photoflash , flash lamp , flashgun , flashbulb , flash bulb , news bulletin , newsflash , newsbreak , flare , ostentation , fanfare , flashing , dart , dash , scoot , scud , shoot , flaunt , show off , ostentate , swank , blink , wink , twinkle , winkle