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(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