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Textual thesaurus for "flash"

(adj) meretricious, loud, cheap, brassy, flashy, garish, gaudy, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, gimcrack

tastelessly showy

a flash car; a flashy ring; garish colors; a gaudy costume; loud sport shirts; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments


(noun) flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash

a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph


(noun) news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash

a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story


(noun) flare

a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate


(noun) fanfare, ostentation

a gaudy outward display


(noun) flashing

a short vivid experience

a flash of emotion swept over him; the flashings of pain were a warning


(noun) New York minute, split second, blink of an eye, wink, heartbeat, instant, trice, twinkling, jiffy

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash


(verb) shoot, scoot, scud, dart, dash

run or move very quickly or hastily

She dashed into the yard


(verb) ostentate, flaunt, show off, swank

display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

he showed off his new sports car


(verb) wink, winkle, blink, twinkle

gleam or glow intermittently

The lights were flashing