Dictionary entry details
• FLASH (noun)
Meaning:
A sudden intense burst of radiant energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flash"):
streak (a sudden flash (as of lightning))
lightning (the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more)
heat flash (a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion))
coruscation; glitter; sparkle (the occurrence of a small flash or spark)
gleam; gleaming; glimmer (a flash of light (especially reflected light))
flicker; glint; spark (a momentary flash of light)
Meaning:
A momentary brightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
Meaning:
A short vivid experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
flashing; flash
Context examples:
a flash of emotion swept over him / the flashings of pain were a warning
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Meaning:
A sudden brilliant understanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
he had a flash of intuition
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
Meaning:
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
wink; twinkling; trice; split second; New York minute; jiffy; instant; blink of an eye; heartbeat; flash
Context example:
if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
bit; minute; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)
Meaning:
A gaudy outward display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
fanfare; ostentation; flash
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flash"):
pedantry (an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning)
splurge (an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
ritz (ostentatious display of elegance)
exhibitionism (extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself)
bluster; bravado (a swaggering show of courage)
Meaning:
A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
flare; flash
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flash"):
star shell (an artillery shell containing an illuminant)
Bengal light (a steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework)
Very light; Very-light (a colored flare fired from a Very pistol)
Meaning:
A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
news bulletin; newsbreak; newsflash; flash
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
bulletin (a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast))
Meaning:
A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context examples:
red flashes adorned the airplane / a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
patch (a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole)
Meaning:
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
flash bulb; flash lamp; flashbulb; flashgun; photoflash; flash
Hypernyms ("flash" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
photographic equipment (equipment used by a photographer)
Holonyms ("flash" is a part of...):
flash camera (a camera with a photoflash attachment)
• FLASH (adjective)
Meaning:
Tastelessly showy
Synonyms:
tawdry; gimcrack; gaudy; garish; flashy; flash; cheap; loud; meretricious; tacky; tatty; brassy; trashy
Context examples:
a flash car / a flashy ring / garish colors / a gaudy costume / loud sport shirts / a meretricious yet stylish book / tawdry ornaments
Similar:
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
• FLASH (verb)
Meaning:
Gleam or glow intermittently
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
twinkle; flash; wink; winkle; blink
Context example:
The lights were flashing
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
radiate (cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flash"):
flick; flicker (flash intermittently)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Lights flash on the horizon
The horizon is flashing with lights
Meaning:
Appear briefly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The headlines flashed on the screen
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
appear (come into sight or view)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank; flash
Context example:
he showed off his new sports car
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flash"):
flex (exhibit the strength of)
splurge (be showy or ostentatious)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make known or cause to appear with great speed
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
convey; impart (make known; pass on, of information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Run or move very quickly or hastily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
dash; scoot; scud; dart; flash; shoot
Context example:
She dashed into the yard
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flash"):
plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
flash back (return in time)
Meaning:
Expose or show briefly
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
he flashed a $100 bill
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
show (make visible or noticeable)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
flash the roof
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Emit a brief burst of light
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
A shooting star flashed and was gone
Hypernyms (to "flash" is one way to...):
appear (come into sight or view)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
