| Sounds | flae'sh | |
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| Rhymes | abash ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... | |
| Meaning | tastelessly showy. | |
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| Synonyms | brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | |
| Broader | tasteless | lacking aesthetic or social taste |
| Spanish | chillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar | |
| Catalan | cridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar | |
| Nouns | flash | a gaudy outward display |
| Meaning | A sudden intense burst of radiant energy. | |
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| Narrower | flicker, spark, glint | A momentary flash of light |
| gleam, gleaming, glimmer | A flash of light (especially reflected light) | |
| glitter, sparkle, coruscation | The occurrence of a small flash or spark | |
| heat flash | A flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion) | |
| lightning | The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash) | |
| streak | A sudden flash (as of lightning) | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | chispazo, destello | |
| Verbs | flash | emit a brief burst of light |
| Meaning | A momentary brightness. | |
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| Broader | brightness | The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
| Spanish | destello, fogonazo | |
| Verbs | flash | emit a brief burst of light |
| flash | gleam or glow intermittently | |
| Meaning | A short vivid / vivid experience. | |
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| Synonym | flashing | |
| Broader | experience | An event as apprehended |
| Verbs | flash | appear briefly |
| Meaning | A sudden brilliant understanding. | |
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| Example | "he had a flash of intuition" | |
| Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave | The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
| Spanish | flash | |
| Meaning | A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). | |
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| Example | "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" | |
| Synonyms | blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute | |
| Broader | moment, mo, minute, second, bit | An indefinitely short time |
| Spanish | instante, momento, parpadeo, periquete, santiamén, segundo | |
| Catalan | flash, instant, pensament, segon, tres i no res | |
| Verbs | flash | expose or show briefly |
| Meaning | A gaudy outward display. | |
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| Synonyms | ostentation, fanfare | |
| Narrower | bravado, bluster | A swaggering show of courage |
| exhibitionism | extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself | |
| pedantry | An ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | |
| ritz | ostentatious display of elegance | |
| splurge | An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) | |
| Broader | display | Exhibiting openly in public view |
| Spanish | charanga, fanfarria, ostentación | |
| Catalan | fanfàrria, ostentació | |
| Adjectives | flash | tastelessly showy |
| flashy | (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | |
| Meaning | A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate. | |
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| Synonym | flare | |
| Narrower | Bengal light | A steady bright blue light |
| Very light, Very-light | A colored flare fired from a Very pistol | |
| star shell | An artillery shell containing an illuminant | |
| Broader | visual signal | A signal that involves visual communication |
| Spanish | destello, fogonazo | |
| Meaning | A short / short news announcement concerning some on-going news story. | |
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| Synonyms | news bulletin, newsflash, newsbreak | |
| Broader | bulletin | A brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) |
| Spanish | flash informativo | |
| Catalan | missatge urgent, notícia de darrera hora, notícia d'última hora | |
| Verbs | flash | appear briefly |
| flash | make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
| Meaning | A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification. | |
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| Broader | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb | |
| Part of | flash camera | A camera with a photoflash attachment |
| Broader | lamp | An artificial source of visible illumination |
| photographic equipment | equipment used by a photographer | |
| Spanish | flash | |
| Catalan | flaix, flash | |
| Meaning | gleam or glow intermittently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Lights flash on the horizon; The horizon is flashing with lights | |
| Example | "The lights were flashing" | |
| Synonyms | blink, wink, twinkle, winkle | |
| Narrower | flicker, flick | flash intermittently |
| Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| Spanish | brillar intermitentemente, centellear, destellar, relampaguear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, llambrar, llambregar, llampegar, llampeguejar | |
| Nouns | flash | a momentary brightness |
| flasher | a light that flashes on and off | |
| Meaning | Appear briefly. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The headlines flashed on the screen" | |
| Broader | appear | Come into sight or view |
| Nouns | flash | a short / short news announcement concerning some on-going news story |
| flash, flashing | a short vivid / vivid experience | |
| Meaning | Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | flaunt, show off, ostentate, swank | |
| Narrower | flex | Exhibit the strength of |
| splurge | Be showy or ostentatious | |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
| Spanish | alardear, fanfarronear, lucir, ostentar, pavonearse, presumir | |
| Catalan | fatxendejar, gallejar, presumir | |
| Meaning | make known or cause to appear with great speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" | |
| Broader | convey | make known |
| Nouns | flash | a short / short news announcement concerning some on-going news story |
| Meaning | Run or move very quickly or hastily. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot | |
| Narrower | plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| See also | flash back | return in time |
| Similar to | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently |
| Spanish | disparar, echarse | |
| Catalan | apressar-se, disparar, llançar-se, precipitar-se | |
| Meaning | expose or show briefly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "he flashed a $100 bill" | |
| Broader | show | make visible or noticeable |
| Nouns | flash | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| flasher | someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | |
| Meaning | protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "flash the roof" | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Meaning | emit a brief burst of light. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "A shooting star flashed and was gone" | |
| Broader | appear | Come into sight or view |
| Nouns | flash | a momentary brightness |
| flash | a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| flasher | an electrical device that automatically turns ... / turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display) | |
| flasher | a light that flashes on and off | |
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