Flash | Mean of flash in English Dictionary

/ˈflæʃ/

• Verb
• to shine or give off bright light suddenly or in repeated bursts
1. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed.
2. Cameras flashed as the celebrities passed.
3. A car was sitting on the side of the road with its lights flashing.
4. She flashed her car's headlights (at us) and honked her horn.
• to appear quickly or suddenly
1. A message flashed on the screen.
2. The screen flashed a message in black letters.
• to move or pass very quickly
1. A car flashed by.
2. An idea flashed into/through his mind. [=he suddenly had an idea]

• to show strong emotion
1. Her eyes flashed with anger.
• to show (something) briefly
1. The mugger flashed a knife and demanded their wallets.
2. The officer flashed his badge.
3. She flashed a shy smile.
• to show your sexual organs to (someone) suddenly and briefly in public
1. A strange man flashed her on the subway.
2. He was arrested for flashing.
• Noun
• a sudden bright light
1. A brilliant/blinding flash lit up the sky.
2. a flash of lightning = a lightning flash
• a sudden appearance or occurrence of something
1. a flash of insight
2. a flash of color
3. a flash of wit
4. a flash of anger
5. The idea for the movie came to her in a flash of inspiration.
• a fancy or exciting quality or appearance that is meant to attract attention to something that is usually not very good or interesting
1. They relied on gimmicks and flash to get people's attention.
2. a show with a lot of flash but little substance
• a device that is used to produce a brief and very bright flash of light for taking photographs
1. a camera with a flash
2. Use the flash when you're taking pictures indoors.
3. a picture taken using flash
4. flash photography [=photography that is done with a flash]
• very quickly
1. The waitress brought our order as quick as a flash.
• a person or thing that fails after being very popular or successful for a brief time
1. He was a flash in the pan whose second album didn't sell very well.
• very quickly or suddenly
1. I'll be back in a flash.
2. The idea came to me in a flash.
• beginning suddenly and lasting only a short time
1. a flash fire
2. a flash flood [=a sudden flood that is caused by heavy rain and that lasts a short time]
• very talented
1. a flash athlete