to flash
102
3.0
- verb
- /flæʃ/
- Literature
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parpadear
- As the lightning struck, it flashed across the sky, illuminating the night for a moment.
- flash across the screen
- images flash
- flash through the mind
I flashed in front of my well, my mind flashed in front of my vision with my eyes closed.
- I flashed in front of my well, my mind flashed in front of my vision with my eyes closed.
- They'd flash on the screen like they'd just flash their brights like fuck you, this sucks.
Examples
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The wind's wild in their hair, the siren deafening, the flashing red lights blinding.
Fiction book (1991) -
Did you see that just flash up as soon as you said that?
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We might use a target where we flash things and they have to pick it up quicker.
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His phone is like flashing at him.
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My whole life actually flashed before my eyes.
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And then Robin, you're going to try to flash this, right?
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Phrases of the article he would write flashed like heat lightning through his head.
Fiction book (1991) -
They say your whole life flashes before your eyes when you die.
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Instantaneously, her uncle's threat flashed through her mind, and she rushed to his house.
Fiction book (1991) -
Dyson whips around, staring at a light flashing on the console behind him.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
49
2.0
To flash on and off quickly like a light
11
3.7
To go on and off quickly as a light or screen
3
4.9
To appear briefly on a screen or device
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
4
7.2
A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To show off expensive things, like a watch or car, to impress other people
Compounds
- Specialized
20
5.1
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
- Texting
9
4.6
A group of people who suddenly gather in public to perform a planned unusual act and then leave
- Literature
1
7.5
A scene in a book or film that jumps ahead to show events in the future
- Specialized
1
7.5
The lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapor to catch fire in air
- Specialized
A process that joins two metal pieces by melting their ends with electricity, often used for rails or pipes
- Specialized
To join two metal pieces by heating their ends with electricity until they melt and pushing them together
- Specialized
A very short, strong burst of heat from an explosion that can burn things nearby
- Specialized
A cloth badge worn on the shoulder of a military uniform that shows a soldier's unit
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash used to mean to show up for a very short time, so to flash can mean to appear or be seen quickly and briefly. That's why a name, image, or message can 'flash' across a screen for only a second.