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flash

F0167400 (flăsh)v. flashed, flash·ing, flash·es v.intr.1. To burst forth into or as if into flame.2. To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.3. To appear or occur suddenly: The image flashed onto the screen.4. To move or proceed rapidly: The cars flashed by.5. To hang up a phone line momentarily, as when using call waiting.6. Slang To think of or remember something suddenly: flashed on that time we got caught in the storm.7. Slang To expose oneself in an indecent manner.v.tr.1. a. To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.b. To cause to burst into flame.c. To reflect (light).d. To cause to reflect light from (a surface).2. To make known or signal by flashing lights.3. To communicate or display at great speed: flashed the news to the world capitals.4. To exhibit briefly.5. To hang up (a phone line) momentarily, as when using call waiting.6. To display ostentatiously; flaunt.7. To fill suddenly with water.8. To cover with a thin protective layer.n.1. A sudden, brief, intense display of light.2. A sudden perception: a flash of insight.3. A split second; an instant: I'll be on my way in a flash.4. A brief news dispatch or transmission.5. Slang Gaudy or ostentatious display: "The antique flash and trash of an older southern California have given way to a sleeker age of cultural hip" (Newsweek).6. A flashlight.7. a. Instantaneous illumination for photography: photograph by flash.b. A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.8. Slang The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.9. Archaic The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.adj.1. Happening suddenly or very quickly: flash freezing.2. Slang Ostentatious; showy: a flash car.3. Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.4. Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.5. Computers Of or relating to flash memory.6. Archaic Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.Phrasal Verb: flash back1. To experience a psychological flashback: She suddenly flashed back to the moment when the car hit her.2. To employ a flashback as a narrative device: In the second chapter, the book flashes back to the protagonist's childhood.Idiom: flash in the pan One that promises great success but fails.

[Middle English flashen, to splash, variant of flasken, of imitative origin.]Synonyms: flash, gleam, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, glimmer, twinkle, scintillate
These verbs mean to send forth light. Flash refers to a sudden and brilliant but short-lived outburst of light: A bolt of lightning flashed across the horizon. Gleam implies a transient or subdued light that often appears against a dark background: "The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more" (Samuel Beckett).
Glint applies to briefly gleaming or flashing light: "the fountain's silver-painted swan glinted in the moonlight" (Kate Wheeler).
Sparkle suggests a rapid succession of little flashes of high brilliance (crystal glasses sparkling in the candlelight), and glitter, a similar succession of even greater intensity (jewels glittering in the display case). To glisten is to shine with a sparkling luster: The snow glistened in the dawn light. Glimmer refers to faint, fleeting light: "On the French coast the light / Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, / Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay" (Matthew Arnold).
To twinkle is to shine with quick, intermittent flashes or gleams: "a few stars, twinkling faintly in the deep blue of the night sky" (Hugh Walpole).
Scintillate is applied to what flashes as if emitting sparks in a continuous stream: "a dense, hoary mist of ammonium chloride ... depositing minute scintillating crystals on the windowpanes" (Primo Levi). See Also Synonyms at moment.

flash

(flæʃ) n1. a sudden short blaze of intense light or flame: a flash of sunlight. 2. a sudden occurrence or display, esp one suggestive of brilliance: a flash of understanding. 3. a very brief space of time: over in a flash. 4. an ostentatious display: a flash of her diamonds. 5. (Journalism & Publishing) Also called: newsflash a short news announcement concerning a new event6. (Military) chiefly Also called: patch Brit an insignia or emblem worn on a uniform, vehicle, etc, to identify its military formation7. a patch of bright colour on a dark background, such as light marking on an animal8. (Chemistry) a volatile mixture of inorganic salts used to produce a glaze on bricks or tiles9. (Nautical Terms) a. a sudden rush of water down a river or watercourseb. a device, such as a sluice, for producing such a rush10. (Photography) photog informal short for flashlight², flash photography11. (Metallurgy) a ridge of thin metal or plastic formed on a moulded object by the extrusion of excess material between dies12. dialect Yorkshire and Lancashire a pond, esp one produced as a consequence of subsidence13. (modifier) involving, using, or produced by a flash of heat, light, etc: flash blindness; flash distillation. 14. flash in the pan a project, person, etc, that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etcadj15. informal ostentatious or vulgar16. informal of or relating to gamblers and followers of boxing and racing17. sham or counterfeit18. informal relating to or characteristic of the criminal underworld19. brief and rapid: flash freezing. vb20. to burst or cause to burst suddenly or intermittently into flame21. to emit or reflect or cause to emit or reflect light suddenly or intermittently22. (intr) to move very fast: he flashed by on his bicycle. 23. (intr) to come rapidly (into the mind or vision)24. (intr; foll by out or up) to appear like a sudden light: his anger really flashes out at times. 25. a. to signal or communicate very fast: to flash a message. b. to signal by use of a light, such as car headlights26. (tr) informal to display ostentatiously: to flash money around. 27. (tr) informal to show suddenly and briefly28. (intr) slang Brit to expose oneself indecently29. (Building) (tr) to cover (a roof) with flashing30. (Nautical Terms) to send a sudden rush of water down (a river, etc), or to carry (a vessel) down by this method31. (Ceramics) (in the making of glass) to coat (glass) with a thin layer of glass of a different colour32. (General Physics) (tr) to subject to a brief pulse of heat or radiation33. (General Physics) (tr) to change (a liquid) to a gas by causing it to hit a hot surface34. obsolete to splash or dash (water)[C14 (in the sense: to rush, as of water): of unknown origin]

flash

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n. 1. a brief, sudden burst of bright light. 2. a sudden, brief outburst or display, as of joy or wit. 3. an instant. 4. flashlight (def. 1). 5. gaudy or vulgar showiness. 6. a brief dispatch giving preliminary news of an important story. 7. bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during a photographic exposure. 8. the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device. 9. a sudden thought, insight, or vision. 10. Slang. rush ¹ (def. 26). 11. hot flash. 12. Obs. thieves' slang. v.i. 13. to break forth into sudden flame or light, esp. transiently. 14. to gleam. 15. to appear suddenly. 16. to move like a flash. 17. to speak with sudden anger (often fol. by out). 18. to break into sudden action. 19. Slang. to expose one's genitals in public. v.t. 20. to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes. 21. to cause to flash, as powder by ignition. 22. to send forth like a flash. 23. to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph. 24. to make an ostentatious display of. 25. to display suddenly and briefly. 26. to increase the flow of water in (a river, channel, etc.). 27. a. to coat (glass or ceramics) with a layer of colored, opalescent, or white glass. b. to apply (such a layer). c. to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating. 28. to protect (a roof, etc.) from leakage with flashing. adj. 29. sudden and brief: a flash storm. 30. showy; ostentatious. 31. belonging to or connected with thieves. Idioms: 1. flash in the pan, a. a brief intense effort that produces negligible results. b. a person whose promise or success is transitory. 2. flash on, Slang. to have a sudden vivid memory of or insight about. [1350–1400; Middle English: to sprinkle, splash] flash′er, n. flash′ing•ly, adv.

flash

Past participle: flashed
Gerund: flashing

Imperative
flash
flash

Present
I flash
you flash
he/she/it flashes
we flash
you flash
they flash

Preterite
I flashed
you flashed
he/she/it flashed
we flashed
you flashed
they flashed

Present Continuous
I am flashing
you are flashing
he/she/it is flashing
we are flashing
you are flashing
they are flashing

Present Perfect
I have flashed
you have flashed
he/she/it has flashed
we have flashed
you have flashed
they have flashed

Past Continuous
I was flashing
you were flashing
he/she/it was flashing
we were flashing
you were flashing
they were flashing

Past Perfect
I had flashed
you had flashed
he/she/it had flashed
we had flashed
you had flashed
they had flashed

Future
I will flash
you will flash
he/she/it will flash
we will flash
you will flash
they will flash

Future Perfect
I will have flashed
you will have flashed
he/she/it will have flashed
we will have flashed
you will have flashed
they will have flashed

Future Continuous
I will be flashing
you will be flashing
he/she/it will be flashing
we will be flashing
you will be flashing
they will be flashing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flashing
you have been flashing
he/she/it has been flashing
we have been flashing
you have been flashing
they have been flashing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flashing
you will have been flashing
he/she/it will have been flashing
we will have been flashing
you will have been flashing
they will have been flashing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flashing
you had been flashing
he/she/it had been flashing
we had been flashing
you had been flashing
they had been flashing

Conditional
I would flash
you would flash
he/she/it would flash
we would flash
you would flash
they would flash

Past Conditional
I would have flashed
you would have flashed
he/she/it would have flashed
we would have flashed
you would have flashed
they would have flashed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energyhappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happensflicker, glint, spark - a momentary flash of lightgleaming, glimmer, gleam - a flash of light (especially reflected light)coruscation, glitter, sparkle - the occurrence of a small flash or sparkheat flash - a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion)lightning - the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or morestreak - a sudden flash (as of lightning)
	2.	flash - a momentary brightnessbrightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	3.	flash - a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"flashingexperience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
	4.	flash - a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
	5.	flash - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeatmo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
	6.	flash - a gaudy outward display fanfare, ostentationdisplay - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"bravado, bluster - a swaggering show of courageexhibitionism - extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourselfritz - ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz"splurge - an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)pedantry - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
	7.	flash - a burst of light used to communicate or illuminateflarevisual signal - a signal that involves visual communicationstar shell - an artillery shell containing an illuminantBengal light - a steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a fireworkVery light, Very-light - a colored flare fired from a Very pistol
	8.	flash - a short news announcement concerning some on-going news storynews bulletin, newsbreak, newsflashbulletin - a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
	9.	flash - a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
	10.	flash - a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photographflash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflashflash camera - a camera with a photoflash attachmentlamp - an artificial source of visible illuminationphotographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer
Verb	1.	flash - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"twinkle, wink, winkle, blinkflick, flicker - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"radiate - cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"
	2.	flash - appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
	3.	flash - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"flaunt, ostentate, show off, swankdisplay, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"flex - exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"splurge - be showy or ostentatious
	4.	flash - make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"convey - make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me"
	5.	flash - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"dash, scoot, scud, dart, shootplunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"cut back, flash back - return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
	6.	flash - expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
	7.	flash - protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	8.	flash - emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
Adj.	1.	flash - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tattytasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste

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noun1. blaze, ray, burst, spark, beam, sparkle, streak, flare, dazzle, shaft, glare, gleam, flicker, shimmer, twinkle, scintillation, coruscation a sudden flash of lightning2. burst, show, sign, touch, display, rush, demonstration, surge, outbreak, outburst, manifestation The essay could do with a flash of wit.verb1. blaze, shine, beam, sparkle, glitter, flare, glare, gleam, light up, flicker, shimmer, twinkle, glint, glisten, scintillate, coruscate Lightning flashed among the distant dark clouds.2. speed, race, shoot, fly, tear, sweep, dash, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), whistle, sprint, bolt, streak, dart, zoom, burn rubber (informal) Cars flashed by every few minutes.3. (Informal) show quickly, display, expose, exhibit, flourish, show off, flaunt He flashed his official card.4. display, show, present The screen flashes a message.adjective1. (Informal) ostentatious, smart, glamorous, trendy, showy, cheap flash jewellery and watchesin a flash in a moment, in a second, in an instant, in a split second, in a trice, in a jiffy (informal), in the twinkling of an eye, in a twinkling, in two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal), in the bat of an eye (informal) The answer came to him in a flash.

flash

verb1. To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks:coruscate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink.2. To shine with intermittent gleams:blink, flicker, glimmer, twinkle, wink.3. To move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.4. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of:brandish, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, show (off), sport.noun1. A sudden quick light:blink, coruscation, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark, twinkle, wink.2. Sparkling, brilliant light:glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle.3. A very brief time:crack, instant, minute, moment, second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink.Informal: jiff, jiffy.Chiefly British: tick.

Translations

闪光一瞬间一闪而过使闪光出示

flash

(flӕʃ) noun1. a quick showing of a bright light. a flash of lightning.闪光2. a moment; a very short time. He was with her in a flash.一瞬间3. a flashlight. 手电筒4. (often ˈnewsflash) a brief news report sent by radio, television etc. Did you hear the flash about the king's death?简短的新闻报道 verb1. (of a light) to (cause to) shine quickly. He flashed a torch.使闪光2. (usually with by or past) to pass quickly. The days flashed by; The cars flashed past.一闪而过3. to show; to display. He flashed a card and was allowed to pass.出示ˈflashing adjectiveflashing lights.闪烁的ˈflashy adjective big, bright etc but cheap and of poor quality. flashy clothes.华而不实的ˈflashily adverb 闪烁地，华而不实地，瞬间地 ˈflashlight noun1. a (battery) torch. 手电筒2. (often abbreviated to flash) an instrument which produces a sudden bright light for taking photographs. 闪光灯

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Synonyms for flash

noun blaze

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blaze
ray
burst
spark
beam
sparkle
streak
flare
dazzle
shaft
glare
gleam
flicker
shimmer
twinkle
scintillation
coruscation

noun burst

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burst
show
sign
touch
display
rush
demonstration
surge
outbreak
outburst
manifestation

verb blaze

Synonyms

blaze
shine
beam
sparkle
glitter
flare
glare
gleam
light up
flicker
shimmer
twinkle
glint
glisten
scintillate
coruscate

verb speed

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speed
race
shoot
fly
tear
sweep
dash
barrel (along)
whistle
sprint
bolt
streak
dart
zoom
burn rubber

verb show quickly

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show quickly
display
expose
exhibit
flourish
show off
flaunt

verb display

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display
show
present

adj ostentatious

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ostentatious
smart
glamorous
trendy
showy
cheap

phrase in a flash

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in a moment
in a second
in an instant
in a split second
in a trice
in a jiffy
in the twinkling of an eye
in a twinkling
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
in the bat of an eye

Synonyms for flash

verb to emit light suddenly in rays or sparks

Synonyms

coruscate
glance
gleam
glimmer
glint
glisten
glister
glitter
scintillate
shimmer
spangle
sparkle
twinkle
wink

verb to shine with intermittent gleams

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blink
flicker
glimmer
twinkle
wink

verb to move swiftly

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bolt
bucket
bustle
dart
dash
festinate
fleet
flit
fly
haste
hasten
hurry
hustle
pelt
race
rocket
run
rush
sail
scoot
scour
shoot
speed
sprint
tear
trot
whirl
whisk
whiz
wing
zip
zoom
hotfoot
rip
barrel
highball
nip

verb to make a public and usually ostentatious show of

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brandish
display
disport
exhibit
expose
flaunt
parade
show
sport

noun a sudden quick light

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blink
coruscation
flicker
glance
gleam
glimmer
glint
spark
twinkle
wink

noun sparkling, brilliant light

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glint
glisten
glister
glitter
scintillation
shimmer
sparkle

noun a very brief time

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crack
instant
minute
moment
second
trice
twinkle
twinkling
wink
jiff
jiffy
tick

Synonyms for flash

noun a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

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happening
natural event
occurrence
occurrent
flicker
glint
spark
gleaming
glimmer
gleam
coruscation
glitter
sparkle
heat flash
lightning
streak

noun a momentary brightness

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brightness

noun a short vivid experience

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flashing

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experience

noun a sudden brilliant understanding

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brainstorm
brainwave
insight

noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

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instant
jiffy
New York minute
split second
trice
twinkling
wink
blink of an eye
heartbeat

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mo
moment
second
minute
bit

noun a gaudy outward display

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fanfare
ostentation

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display
bravado
bluster
exhibitionism
ritz
splurge
pedantry

noun a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

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flare

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visual signal
star shell
Bengal light
Very light
Very-light

noun a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

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news bulletin
newsbreak
newsflash

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bulletin

noun a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

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patch

noun a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

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flash bulb
flash lamp
flashbulb
flashgun
photoflash

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flash camera
lamp
photographic equipment

verb gleam or glow intermittently

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twinkle
wink
winkle
blink

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flick
flicker
radiate

verb appear briefly

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appear

verb display proudly

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flaunt
ostentate
show off
swank

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display
exhibit
expose
flex
splurge

verb make known or cause to appear with great speed

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convey

verb run or move very quickly or hastily

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dash
scoot
scud
dart
shoot

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plunge
shoot down
tear
buck
charge
shoot
hie
hotfoot
pelt along
race
rush
rush along
speed
step on it
belt along
bucket along
cannonball along
hasten
cut back
flash back

verb expose or show briefly

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show

verb protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

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cover

verb emit a brief burst of light

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appear

adj tastelessly showy

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flashy
garish
gaudy
gimcrack
tawdry
trashy
brassy
cheap
loud
meretricious
tacky
tatty

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tasteless

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noun blaze

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noun burst

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verb blaze

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verb speed

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verb show quickly

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verb display

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adj ostentatious

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phrase in a flash

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verb to emit light suddenly in rays or sparks

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verb to shine with intermittent gleams

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verb to move swiftly

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verb to make a public and usually ostentatious show of

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noun a sudden quick light

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noun sparkling, brilliant light

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noun a very brief time

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noun a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

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noun a momentary brightness

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noun a short vivid experience

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noun a sudden brilliant understanding

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noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

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noun a gaudy outward display

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noun a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

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noun a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

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noun a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification