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
269
3.2
To act proudly to get attention or praise
60
5.7
To show something in a very obvious way to get attention
33
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
7
6.9
To act in a dramatic way to get attention
6
8.8
To do something showy to impress or excite people
4
7.0
To show off expensive things, like a watch or car, to impress other people
1
8.3
To show off your clothes or things to seem important
To show things in a way that makes people admire you
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 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.