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flash in the pan
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 F0167400 (flăsh) A trademark for a file format for graphics, audio, and video data, commonly used for transmitting animation over the internet.flash in the panSomething that is initially successful or promising but quickly fails; from old flintlock muskets that were fired when the flint struck a spark to ignite a small amount of gunpowder in the weapon’s “pan” that would then ignite the main charge. Often it would be only the powder in the pan that ignited and the gun failed to fire.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | flash in the pan - someone who enjoys transient success but then failsnonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently |
flash in the pan
flash in the panSomeone or something whose success or popularity is short-lived. With only one hit song, it was obvious that the young pop star was going to be just another flash in the pan. The new startup created a lot of buzz, but it ended up being just another flash in the pan, out of business after just two years.See also: flash, panflash in the panFig. someone or something that draws a lot of attention for a very brief time. I'm afraid that my success as a painter was just a flash in the pan. Tom had hoped to be a major film star, but his career was only a flash in the pan.See also: flash, panflash in the panAn effort or person that promises great success but fails. For example, His second novel proved to be a flash in the pan, or We had high hopes for the new director, but she was a flash in the pan. This metaphoric term alludes to the 17th-century flintlock musket, which could be fired only when the flash of the priming powder in the lockpan ignited the charge in the bore. When it failed to ignite, there was only a flash in the pan and the gun did not shoot. See also: flash, pana flash in the pan COMMON1. If an achievement or success is a flash in the pan, it is unlikely to be repeated or to last. In the days following Beckon's victory, the British establishment has gone out of its way to try and dismiss the result as a flash in the pan.2. If someone who has had a success is a flash in the pan, their success is unlikely to be repeated. Hopefully now I'll be taken seriously, I'm not a flash in the pan. Note: You can use flash-in-the-pan before a noun. Hers is no flash-in-the-pan talent, but a major and mature new voice. Note: This expression has its origins in the way that an old-fashioned gun worked. Pulling the trigger produced a spark which set light to a small amount of gunpowder held in the `pan'. This in turn lit the rest of the gunpowder. However, if it failed to do so there was just a `flash in the pan' and the gun did not fire properly. `Hang fire' has a similar origin. See also: flash, panflash in the pan a thing or person whose sudden but brief success is not repeated or repeatable. This phrase developed from the priming of a firearm, the flash being from an explosion of gunpowder within the lock. 1998 New Scientist But Java…may turn out to be flash in the pan: books on human– computer interaction struggle to stay abreast of rapid developments in computing. See also: flash, pana ˌflash in the ˈpan (informal) a success which lasts for a short time and is not likely to be repeated: He scored a lot of goals early in the season, but hasn’t scored any since, so it may have been just a flash in the pan.This refers to an old type of gun. Sometimes the gunpowder in the pan (= a small container at the top of the gun) exploded but failed to set fire to the gunpowder inside the gun with the result that the gun did not fire a bullet.See also: flash, pan flash in the pan One that promises great success but fails.See also: flash, panflash in the panA brief triumph, or a promising start followed by a failure. This expression comes from the seventeenth-century flintlock musket, which had a depression in the lockpan to hold the priming powder. When all went well, the flash of the priming powder ignited the charge in the bore and fired the weapon. Sometimes, however, it failed, and there was only a flash in the pan. See also: flash, panflash in the panAn ultimate disappointment after a promising start. Flintlock muskets and pistols had a priming pan that was filled with a small quality of gunpowder. When the trigger was pulled, the flint struck a piece of steel to create a spark that ignited the powder, which in turn set off the main gunpowder charge to launch the musket ball. Whenever the flint-and-steel spark failed to light the main charge, there was a flash in the pan, but no shot. And that was the disappointment after a potentially useful beginning.See also: flash, panEncyclopediaSeeflashFinancialSeeFlashflash in the pan
Words related to flash in the pannoun someone who enjoys transient success but then failsRelated Words- nonstarter
- unsuccessful person
- loser
- failure
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