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[ flash-lahyt ] / ˈflæʃˌlaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flashlight ON THESAURUS.COM
nounAlso called, especially British, torch . a small, portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries, LEDs, or a tiny generator. a light that flashes, as a lighthouse beacon. any source of artificial light as used in flash photography. Origin of flashlightFirst recorded in 1885–90; flash + light1 Words nearby flashlightflashgun, flashing, flashing point, flash in the pan, flash lamp, flashlight, flashlight fish, flash-lock, flash memory, flash method, flash mob Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flashlightNo one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily. The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of the rookie officers, Peter Liang, was walking with a flashlight in one hand and his gun in the other. New York's Next Killer-Cop Grand Jury|Jacob Siegel|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST A friend of his comes in and shines a flashlight on it and says it looks like blood. The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whenever Stout shone his flashlight beam into one of the rooms, it illuminated stacks of mortar shells and explosives. The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler|Robert Edsel|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bragging about how they can access their flashlight and turn off their Wi-Fi with the flick of a finger. Why Is Apple Punishing Me, a Loyal Fanboy, With iOS 7?|Winston Ross|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST The door gave way and Bob toppled backward in a heap, the flashlight falling and blinking out. Agent Nine Solves His First Case|Graham M. Dean Often the beam of a flashlight or the slightest disturbance of the water will cause the males to stop calling. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico|William E. Duellman It would be a cinch to rig up a flashlight bulb and battery inside one. The Blue Ghost Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin Paul saw the shapes of Elis and Sears suddenly bright under Wright's flashlight—the only radion light left. West Of The Sun|Edgar Pangborn With startling agility he whirled Philip about, the flashlight clubbed in his hand. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930|Victor Rousseau
British Dictionary definitions for flashlight
nounmainly US and Canadian a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteriesAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): torch photog the brief bright light emitted by an electronic flash unitSometimes shortened to: flash mainly US and Canadian a light that flashes, used for signalling, in a lighthouse, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flashlightlight, beacon, torch, limelight, publicity, notoriety, fame, public eye, searchlight, gaslight, interest, floodlight, hurricane lamp |