to flash
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3.0
- verb
- /flæʃ/
- Literature
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeI 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
50
2.0
To flash on and off quickly like a light
5
3.7
To go on and off quickly as a light or screen
1
4.9
To appear briefly on a screen or device
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
7
7.2
A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
4
7.0
To show off expensive things, like a watch or car, to impress other people
Compounds
- Specialized
24
5.1
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
- Texting
14
4.6
A group of people who suddenly gather in public to perform a planned unusual act and then leave
- Literature
9
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
1
7.6
A very short, strong burst of heat from an explosion that can burn things nearby
- Specialized
1
6.8
A cloth badge worn on the shoulder of a military uniform that shows a soldier's unit
- Specialized
1
7.1
To join two metal pieces by heating their ends with electricity until they melt and pushing them together
- Specialized
A process that joins two metal pieces by melting their ends with electricity, often used for rails or pipes
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.