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flash [a]
 
1)tastelessly showy; "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 
    See Also: in_poor_taste 
 
flash [n]
 
1)a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
    Synonyms :
    See Also: happening  flicker  gleam  coruscation  heat_flash  lightning  streak 
 
2)a momentary brightness
    Synonyms :
    See Also: brightness  blink 
 
3)a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
    Synonyms :flashing 
    See Also: experience 
 
4)a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: brainstorm 
 
5)a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "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 
    See Also: bit 
 
6)a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
    Synonyms :flare 
    See Also: visual_signal  star_shell  bengal_light  very_light 
 
7)a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
    Synonyms :news_bulletin newsbreak newsflash 
    See Also: bulletin 
 
8)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"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: patch 
 
9)a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
    Synonyms :flash_bulb flash_lamp flashbulb flashgun photoflash 
    See Also: lamp  photographic_equipment  flash_camera 
 
flash [v]
 
1)gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
    Synonyms :blink twinkle wink winkle 
    See Also: radiate  scintillation  twinkler  blinker  blinker  flick 
 
2)appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: appear 
 
3)display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
    Synonyms :flaunt ostentate show_off swank 
    See Also: display  fanfare  ostentation  exhibitionist  flaunt  flex  splurge 
 
4)make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: convey 
 
5)run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
    Synonyms :dart dash scoot scud shoot 
    See Also: buck  belt_along  cut_back  scooter  ice_yacht  motor_scooter  scooter  bolt  dash  dart  plunge 
 
6)expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: show  blink_of_an_eye  exhibitionist 
 
7)protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: cover 
 
8)emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: appear  blinker  flasher 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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