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flash

v. i. [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. ()

2. 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. ()

Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. (Talfourd.)

The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. (M. Arnold.)

A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. (Tennyson.)

3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. ()

Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. (Shak.)

flash in the pan, a failure or a poor performance, especially after a normal or auspicious start; also, a person whose initial performance appears augur success but who fails to achieve anything notable. From 4th pan, n., sense 3 -- part of a flintlock. Occasionally, the powder in the pan of a flintlock would flash without conveying the fire to the charge, and the ball would fail to be discharged. Thus, a good or even spectacular beginning that eventually achieves little came to be called a flash in the pan. -- To flash in the pan, to fail of success, especially after a normal or auspicious start. [Colloq.] See under Flash, a burst of light. Bartlett. ()

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v. t. 1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. ()

The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. (Milton.)

2. 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. ()

3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b). ()

4. To trick up in a showy manner. ()

Limning and flashing it with various dyes. (A. Brewer.)

[Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.]5. To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. ()

He rudely flashed the waves about. (Spenser.)

Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3. ()

n. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. ()

2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. ()

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. (Shak.)

No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. (Wirt.)

3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. ()

The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. (Bacon.)

4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictitious strength to liquors. ()

5. a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph; as, to take a picture without a flash. ()

6. Same as flashlight. ()

7. (Journalism) A short news item providing recently received and usually preliminary information about an event that is considered important enough to interrupt normal broadcasting or other news delivery services; also called a news flash or bulletin. ()

Flash light, or Flashing light, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. Knight. -- Flash in the pan, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing. ()

a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. ()

2. 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 house, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house. Macaulay. ()

n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes. ()

n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.]1. A pool. (Haliwell.)

2. (Engineering) 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 wheel (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level. ()