Definition of flash

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Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery..

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Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A sudden flash; transient luster.
Flash :: 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 :: Flash (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b)..
Triple-tail :: Triple-tail (n.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher..
Flashiness :: Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show..
Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..
Morse Alphabet :: Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..
Fulgurate :: Fulgurate (v. i.) To flash as lightning.
Flashing :: 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..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
Duffer :: Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors..
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Flash :: 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..
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