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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Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
Foulder :: Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder..
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 (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..
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A pool.
Flushboard :: Flushboard (n.) Same as Flashboard.
Flash :: Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
Glance :: Glance (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
Flash :: Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place for keeping flash, in a river..
Flash :: Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery..
Flashily :: Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) One who, or that which, flashes..
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.
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress..
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