Definition of flash

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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..

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Flusher :: Flusher (n.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).
Flash :: Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Flushboard :: Flushboard (n.) Same as Flashboard.
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Flash :: Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
Filleting :: Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.
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..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
Duffer :: Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat..
Bowery :: Bowery (a.) Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy..
Photopsia :: Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene..
Scintillation :: Scintillation (n.) A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Fiery; vehement; impetuous.
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..
Coruscation :: Coruscation (n.) A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
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