flash in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
flash in Marathi मराठी
flash in Sindhi سنڌي
flash in Tamil தமிழ்
flash in Telugu తెలుగు
flash in English
- flash⇄adj. 1. flashy.
Ex. The new car has a flash appearance.
2. very sudden and rapid.
Ex. a flash fire, flash heating.
3. (Slang.) shrewdly knowing; smart; sly.
4. (Informal.) of or having to do with thieves, tramps, or other - flash⇄expr. flash in the pan, a sudden, showy attempt or effort that fails or is not followed by further efforts.
Ex. The Kuwait oil strike was no flash in the pan; ... the country's known reserves will last more than a century (New Yorker). - flash⇄expr. flash on, (U.S. Slang.) to appreciate immediately; understand quickly.
Ex. If you ""dig"" something, you ""flash on it,"" ... ""get into it"" (Sara Davidson). - flash⇄flash, noun, verb, adjective.
- flash⇄noun 1. a sudden, brief light or flame.
Ex. a flash of lightning.
2. (Figurative.) a sudden, short feeling or display.
Ex. a flash of hope, a flash of wit, a flash of unforeseen remembrance.
3. a very short time; an instant. < - flash⇄v.i. 1a. to give out a sudden, brief light or flame.
Ex. Lightning flashed in the sky.
b. (Figurative.) to give out like a flash; gleam.
Ex. Her eyes flashed with happiness.
2. to come suddenly; pass quickly.
Ex. A train f - flash⇄v.t. 1a. to give out by flashes.
Ex. The lighthouse flashes signals twice a minute.
b. (Figurative.) to send out like a flash.
Ex. Her eyes flashed defiance. Stern is the tyrant's mandate, red the gaze that flashes desolation (Shelley)