[flaʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way
(e.g: lightning flashed overhead)

- move or pass very quickly
(e.g: a look of terror flashed across Kirov's face)

- display (information or an image) suddenly on a television or computer screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly
(e.g: the screen flashed up a menu)


Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash

[flaʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden brief burst of bright light
(e.g: a flash of lightning)

- a sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something
(e.g: she had a flash of inspiration)

- a camera attachment that produces a brief very bright light, used for taking photographs in poor light
(e.g: an electronic flash)

- a platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers

- ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth
(e.g: workwear represents a move away from Eighties designer flash)

- excess plastic or metal forced between facing surfaces as two halves of a mould close up, forming a thin projection on the finished object
(e.g: flap wheels are ideal for grinding off fibreglass flash)

- a rush of water, especially down a weir to take a boat over shallows


Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash

[flaʃ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- ostentatiously stylish or expensive
(e.g: a flash new car)

- relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes


Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash

[flaʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire in central England
(e.g: sandpits and flashes also attract visiting birds)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘a marshy place’): from Old French flache, variant of Picard and Norman dialect flaque, from Middle Dutch vlacke. The current sense dates from the late 19th century