to flash
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1.0
- verb
- /flæʃ/
:
destellar
- The light's still flashing.
- flash a light
And the green also flashes when it's ready to land.
- And the green also flashes when it's ready to land.
- Oh, wow, this is very distracting because it's flashing RGB in my eyes.
- I'm going to have a fit because this damn thing, it's flashing away.
- Pizza got flashed at a camera for speeding.
Examples
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This time next week, these lights will be flashing all across Russia.
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It also has lights on it that flash to the beat.
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The warning light had just begun to flash above the current time: two hours to sunset.
Fiction book (1990) -
And the green also flashes when it's ready to land.
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Lights keep flashing on and off the whole time.
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If it's flashing, then it's on.
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Like a traffic signal, the flashing colors command the viewer to stop and look.
Academic text (2013) -
At the same moment, the lights flashed on in the model of the Woolworth Building.
Academic text (2002) -
In the east, above the ridge, lightning flashed, outlining billowy dark clouds.
Fiction book (1991) -
The camera will flash briefly to capture the moment.
Synonyms
64
2.5
Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning
60
3.6
Move or shine in quick unsteady ways
49
2.0
To flash on and off quickly like a light
26
1.0
To shine with small bright flashes of light
18
4.2
To burn or shine with a sudden bright light
13
2.5
To shine on and off quickly like a small light
2
8.5
To give off small bright flashes of light
1
9.9
To flash or sparkle with bright light
Idioms
- Informal
4
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash as a verb comes from the same idea of a quick, bright burst; to flash is to shine or give a light for a very short time. That's why we say lightning or a camera 'flashed' across the sky or room.