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relámpago
, destello
, fogonazo
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Flash
- (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.
- (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
- (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
- (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
- (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
- (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
- (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
- (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
- (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
- (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
- (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
- (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
- (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
- (n.) A pool.
- (v. t.) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
- (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
- (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Synonyms:
Blink, Brassy, Cheap, Dart, Dash, Flare, Flashing, Flashy, Flaunt, Garish, Gaudy, Gimcrack, Instant, Jiffy, Loud, Meretricious, Ostentate, Scoot, Scud, Shoot, Swank, Tacky, Tatty, Tawdry, Trashy, Trice, Twinkle, Twinkling, Wink, Winkle,
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• Flashboard
- (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.
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flinch, humiliation, let, fleming, flicker, flexure, fleeing, fleet, fleeting, eviscerate, evildoer, armpit, evoked, tiara, evocative, ampersand, evidence, everybody, every, evermore, virtue, victor, laundry, supreme, ever, germinate, cist, germane, events, german measles, eventide, geology, |
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Abash, Love, I, What, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Hi, Chagrin, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abaft, Aback, Abbe, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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