Flash(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.
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.
Flash(v. i.)
- To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
Flash(v. t.)
- To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
Flash(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.
Flash(v. t.)
- To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
Flash(n.)
- To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Flash(n.)
- A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
Flash(n.)
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
Flash(n.)
- The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
Flash(n.)
- A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
Flash(a.)
- Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
Flash(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.
Flash(n.)
- Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Flash(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.
Flashing(n.)
- The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
Flashing(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.
Flashing(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.
Flashing(n.)
- A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.