to flash
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3.3
- verb
- /flæʃ/
- Now, wipe that inscrutable look off your face and flash those ivories.
- flash a smile
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Watch on YouTubeBut yet there have been occasions where you're flashing your breast.
- But yet there have been occasions where you're flashing your breast.
- Reese flashed a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes.
- It's super flashy and on Snapchat when they hit you with the flash and you flash them right back with your eyes and good.
- Lash out, flash those lashes, flutter a few hearts and spread some lash loving ladies.
- What I would say is if you're flashing your Rolex or your Lambo and that's what you are leading with, who are you going to attract?
- This woman pulled a jabber up, wouldn't flash their tits at me.
Examples
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Reese flashed a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes.
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You flash me yours, I'll flash you mine?
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Okay, when l give the word, we're going to jump up and both flash at once.
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It's rich guys flashing their cash.
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I stopped breathing when she flashed those two slides on the screen.
Academic text (2001) -
When he tells stories of Range Creek, he flashes a big white grin.
Academic text (2004) -
"Hey Tony, what's going on?" he said, slapping me on the back and flashing a smile.
Academic text (2005) -
As Bob begins to write in his notebook, he flashes a "V" for victory at Gil.
Fiction book (1991) -
The lawyer, with a big grin, flashes the "injunction" in the faces of the two picketers.
Academic text (1995) -
At the talent show, he flashed his winning smile to impress the judges.
Synonyms
216
3.2
To act proudly to get attention or praise
62
5.7
To show something in a very obvious way to get attention
12
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
1
8.8
To do something showy to impress or excite people
1
8.3
To show off your clothes or things to seem important
To show off expensive things, like a watch or car, to impress other people
To show things in a way that makes people admire you
To act in a dramatic way to get attention
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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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 Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash can mean to show something quickly, like a bright sudden sight, so to flash a smile or an ID is to show it in a quick, clear way. That's why flashing something often draws fast attention.