flash
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5.3
- noun
- /flæʃ/
:
parche
- Then, in an opening between police helmets, came a flash of blonde.
Examples
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I could just make out a tiny flash of red where he was pointing.
Fiction book (1994) -
Besides that, bright flashes of color came from a group of girls across the street.
Fiction book (1996) -
The flash made them stand out.
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A movement on the lake caught his eye, the flash of red on a distant dock.
Fiction book (2000) -
About twenty or thirty yards in, a flash of yellow a few rows over caught his eye.
Fiction book (1990) -
Boiled wool jacket went flying free, a flash of red against a sky too blue for earthbound eyes to bear.
Fiction book (2000) -
Later, huddled and aching on a park bench, I spotted a flash of red.
Fiction book (1994) -
I saw gold lame sandals with an open-toed flash of red to match her fingernails.
Fiction book (1999) -
Flowers accompany objects chosen for beauty, movement, and flash: pinwheels, windmills, a silver hubcap, red reflectors, a car headlight.
Academic text (1993) -
The uniforms had a bright flash of color that made the team easily recognizable.
Synonyms
A cloth badge worn on the shoulder of a military uniform that shows a soldier's unit
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
4
7.2
A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them
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 Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash for a bright patch on clothing comes from the idea of a small, eye-catching bright mark, so a flash on a uniform is a visible bit used for decoration or ID. That's why these flashes help people see and recognise a group.