to flash
14
3.6
- verb
- /flæʃ/
- "Well, here is somebody who did die," Spencer said, as a paralegal flashed a victim's picture on the courtroom's screens.
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeYou could just flash that and make a man know, like, yeah, don't bother.
- You could just flash that and make a man know, like, yeah, don't bother.
Examples
-
Pictures of Claire Barnes, Erin Kelley, Janine Wetzl, and Nan Sheridan were flashed on the screen.
Fiction book (1991) -
For each word, we will flash two numbers.
-
So just to flash everything by you.
-
Alright, flash if you need anything.
-
Come on, flash the signal.
-
I want this flashed to all sections immediately.
-
The readout began flashing the words DATA MATCH and a set of coordinates.
Fiction book (1992) -
At the gate, Tyklat flashed his ID at the armed soldiers who guarded the entryway.
Fiction book (1992) -
Emergency vehicles flashed strobe lights, while magnus floaters and police helicopters scoured the surrounding hillsides.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the presentation, she decided to flash the latest sales figures on the screen for everyone to see.
Synonyms
1
4.2
To spread news or pictures quickly among many people on the internet
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 Fast
14
3.6
- Literature
418
2.9
∞
1.5
- Formal
342
3.1
682
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash as a verb meaning to send information fast comes from the idea of a quick, bright signal; to flash news is to make it known very quickly. So agencies 'flash' results or updates to get them out at once.