flash
Noun
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subtypes:
- flicker, glint, spark - a momentary flash of light
- gleam, gleaming, glimmer - a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- coruscation, glitter, sparkle - the occurrence of a small flash or spark
- heat flash - a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion)
- lightning - the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
- streak - a sudden flash (as of lightning)
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is a type of: brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
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is a type of: experience - an event as apprehendedsame as: flashing
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is a type of: brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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same as: blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink
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is a type of: display - exhibiting openly in public viewsubtypes:
- bluster, bravado - a swaggering show of courage
- exhibitionism - extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
- ritz - ostentatious display of elegance
- splurge - an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
- pedantry - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
same as: fanfare, ostentation -
is a type of: visual signal - a signal that involves visual communicationsubtypes:
- star shell - an artillery shell containing an illuminant
- bengal light - a steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework
- very light, very-light - a colored flare fired from a Very pistol
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is a type of: bulletin - a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
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is a type of: patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
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is a type of:
- lamp - an artificial source of visible illumination
- photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer
is a part of: flash camera - a camera with a photoflash attachment
Adjective
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similar to: tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
Verb
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is a type of: radiate - cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
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is a type of: appear - come into sight or view
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is a type of: convey - (of information) make known; pass on
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is a type of: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridlysubtypes: plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
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is a type of: show - make visible or noticeable
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is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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is a type of: appear - come into sight or view
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- Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
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- Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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