Flashing Synonyms & Definitions

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• FlashingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
2. (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
3. (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.
4. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flash
5. (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.

• FlashDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (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.
2. (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
3. (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
4. (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
5. (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
6. (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
7. (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
8. (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
9. (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
10. (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.
11. (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
12. (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.
13. (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
14. (n.) A pool.
15. (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.
16. (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.
17. (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.