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Exact Match:

flash

a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"

a momentary brightness

a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"

a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"

a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"

emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"

make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"

protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"

expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"

gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"

Synonyms:

• Teletype,
• advertise,
• air,
• antelope,
• arrow,
• automatic response,
• backfire,
• bang,
• be bright,
• beacon,
• beam,
• beat the drum,
• bedazzle,
• blare,
• blast,
• blaze,
• blaze of light,
• blazon forth,
• blind,
• blind impulse,
• blink,
• blowout,
• blowup,
• blue darter,
• blue streak,
• bob up,
• bolt,
• boom,
• brain wave,
• brainstorm,
• brandish,
• break forth,
• breath,
• breathing,
• bulletin,
• burn,
• burst,
• burst forth,
• burst out,
• cable,
• cannonball,
• cast,
• chic,
• classy,
• coruscate,
• coruscation,
• coup,
• courser,
• crack,
• dangle,
• dart,
• dash,
• daze,
• dazzle,
• dazzling,
• debouch,
• deflagration,
• demonstrate,
• detonation,
• diffuse light,
• dip,
• discharge,
• display,
• disport,
• drive,
• eagle,
• electricity,
• emblazon,
• erupt,
• exchange colors,
• exhibit,
• exhibition,
• explosion,
• expose,
• express train,
• facula,
• fancy,
• flag,
• flag down,
• flame,
• flare,
• flare up,
• flare-up,
• flash fire,
• flashy,
• flaunt,
• fleeting impulse,
• flick,
• flicker,
• flickering,
• flourish,
• fly,
• fulgurate,
• fulguration,
• fulmination,
• gazelle,
• give a signal,
• give light,
• give the nod,
• glance,
• glare,
• gleam,
• gleam of light,
• glimmer,
• glimpse,
• glint,
• glisten,
• glitter,
• glow,
• greased lightning,
• greyhound,
• gut response,
• hail,
• hail and speak,
• half a jiffy,
• half a mo,
• half a second,
• half a shake,
• half an eye,
• half-mast,
• hare,
• hasten,
• hint,
• hoist a banner,
• hold up,
• hurry,
• iffy,
• impulse,
• incandesce,
• indication,
• inspiration,
• instant,
• instinct,
• involuntary impulse,
• irrupt,
• jet plane,
• jiff,
• jiffy,
• kick,
• leer,
• light,
• lightning,
• luster,
• make a sign,
• manifest,
• manifestation,
• mercury,
• microsecond,
• millisecond,
• minute,
• moment,
• natural impulse,
• news report,
• nod,
• notion,
• nudge,
• ostentatious,
• outbreak,
• outburst,
• parade,
• peek,
• peep,
• poke,
• pop up,
• put forth,
• put forward,
• quick hunch,
• quick sight,
• quicksilver,
• quiver,
• race,
• radiate,
• radio,
• raise a cry,
• rapid glance,
• ray,
• reflex,
• report,
• ritzy,
• rocket,
• run,
• rush,
• salute,
• scamper,
• scared rabbit,
• scintilla,
• scintillate,
• scintillation,
• scoot,
• scuttle,
• sec,
• second,
• send a wire,
• send out rays,
• shaft,
• shake,
• shimmer,
• shine,
• shine brightly,
• shoot,
• shoot out rays,
• shot,
• show,
• show off,
• showy,
• sign,
• sign off,
• sign on,
• signal,
• signalize,
• skedaddle,
• slant,
• smart,
• snazzy,
• solar flare,
• solar prominence,
• sound an alarm,
• sound the trumpet,
• spangle,
• spark,
• sparkle,
• speak,
• speed,
• split second,
• sport,
• spring up,
• sprint,
• squiz,
• start up,
• streak,
• streak of lightning,
• striped snake,
• stroke,
• sudden thought,
• suggestion,
• swallow,
• swish,
• take off,
• tear,
• telegram,
• telegraph,
• telex,
• thought,
• thunderbolt,
• tick,
• torrent,
• touch,
• trice,
• trot out,
• trumpet,
• trumpet forth,
• twink,
• twinkle,
• twinkling,
• twitch,
• two shakes,
• unfurl a flag,
• urge,
• vaunt,
• wave,
• wave a flag,
• wave the hand,
• whistle,
• whiz,
• wind,
• wink,
• wire,
• zoom