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Adjective flashing has 1 sense
- flashing - emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; "flashing lightning and roaring thunder"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
Noun flashing has 2 senses
- flash, flashing - a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
--1 is a kind of experience
- flashing - sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
--2 is a kind of sheet metal
Verb flash has 8 senses
- flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
--1 is one way to radiate
Sample sentences:
Lights flash on the horizon
The horizon is flashing with lights
- flash - appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
--2 is one way to appear
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
--3 is one way to expose, exhibit, display
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- flash - make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
--4 is one way to convey, impart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
--5 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- flash - expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
--6 is one way to show
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- flash - protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"
--7 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- flash - emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"
--8 is one way to appear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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