shoulder flash
- noun
- Specialized
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distintivo de hombro
- She received a shoulder flash for her service.
Examples
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He carefully sewed the new shoulder flash onto his jacket before the ceremony.
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The soldier proudly displayed his shoulder flash, which identified his regiment.
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Each division in the army is marked by a unique shoulder flash on their uniforms.
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The soldier proudly wore his shoulder flash.
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Lieutenant Jones proudly wore the shoulder flash of his battalion on his uniform.
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She could easily identify the different shoulder flashes that represented each military unit.
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During the parade, the soldiers displayed their shoulder flashes as a symbol of their division.
Synonyms
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5.3
A bright patch sewn onto clothing to show who someone is
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4.2
A cloth badge on a uniform shoulder showing rank or group
A small cloth or badge on the shoulder of a uniform that shows rank
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'shoulder' supplies the location and 'flash' denotes a small bright badge or emblem, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a badge worn on the shoulder. Although 'flash' in this badge sense is somewhat specialized, the noun+noun compound pattern and cross-linguistic equivalents make the overall sense predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Shoulder flash comes from the image of a bright cloth patch sewn on the shoulder that you can see at a quick glance. The word flash suggests something bright and easy to notice, so the phrase now means the cloth emblem that shows a soldier's 'division' or 'unit'.