Word Finder - flashing

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To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

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He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.

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To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

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The light flashed on and off.

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To be visible briefly.

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The scenery flashed by quickly.

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To make visible briefly.

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A number will be flashed on the screen.

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To briefly, and often unintentionally, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)

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Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.

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To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.

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To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.

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To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

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He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.

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To communicate quickly.

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The news services flashed the news about the end of the war to all corners of the globe.

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To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

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Flash forward to the present day.

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To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

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Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

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(of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)

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To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.

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To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).

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(glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.

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(glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.

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To send by some startling or sudden means.

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To burst out into violence.

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To perform a flash.

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To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.

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To trick up in a showy manner.

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To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

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A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.

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(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.

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The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.

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The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.

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The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake.

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The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).

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(jewellery) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.

He grabbed her wrist, his eyes flashing fire.

Another vehicle came down the hill, a red flashing light attached to the top.

Linda called, flashing a smile.

When Dean saw the flashing lights behind him he was startled until he recognized the white Chevy Blazer, the sheriff's car, and his reaction turned from concern to a smile.

She looked up, fear and anger flashing through her.

He dropped the bale, his eyes flashing and his lips thinning.

Was it normal to have sudden flashing questions like... what would it be like to kiss him?

She turned and raised an eyebrow at him, her rainbow eyes flashing with every color between white and black.

She backed away slowly, flashing the light on the forms, and then ducked into the barn, grabbing a feed sack she remembered throwing beside the barn door.

Twice he crept into Sigurd's chamber, but fled when he found the hero awake and gazing at him with flashing eyes.

Cheer extreme is exciting, heart-pounding, lights flashing, music pounding, soaring through the air fun.

The vehicle of feelings and emotions seen by clairvoyants as an aura of flashing colors.

The lift went clunk, the lights started flashing, and the doors half-opened to show the lift stuck between floors.

All I get is a flashing cursor at the top left hand side of the screen.

The other day I passed a cluster of people oohing, cooing and flashing off their digital cameras at five young cuties.

Items such as small grab rails, additional banister rails and flashing light doorbells fall into this category and are called minor adaptations.

Also, have you tried flashing the firmware yet?

Any new floaters or flashing lights should be examined by a optometrist.

Alarm clocks Alarm clocks often use a vibrating pad or flashing lights (or both) to wake up deaf children.

The smoke of the guns mingled with this mist, and over the whole expanse and through that mist the rays of the morning sun were reflected, flashing back like lightning from the water, from the dew, and from the bayonets of the troops crowded together by the riverbanks and in Borodino.

A lot of baby toys rely on flashing lights, sounds and battery power in order to entertain your child.

Whether it's an unintentional bikini slip while a star is on vacation or a high-profile wardrobe mishap during a publicized event, many celebrities end up flashing a lot more skin than they had originally intended.

Her history of oops moments includes things like flashing an audience at a kids' award show with no panties, drunk driving and drug possession.

Photos of women flashing their breasts appear alongside videos of animal attacks and email forwards of sex jokes.

These nineteenth-century performers never actually disrobed, but they were harassed, fined, and occasionally jailed for pulling up their skirts, flashing their underwear, and swiveling their hips in a way that evoked the throes of passion.

I looked under the desk to see if the little gremlins inside the router were flashing their torches at me, they were.

The Governor's son had scrambled up beside his father, flashing a quick grin over his shoulder at Dirk.

Check your Highway Code... among others, flashing headlights don't mean a thing!

By results, ' truth flashing on the soul like a flame kindled by a leaping spark ' .

Our PIC-powered mini circuit drives yellow, red, blue and green light-emitting diodes to provide a dazzling flashing display.

There's plenty of blood, and flashing lightning as the corpse is hidden - but where?

A storm collar is clamped around the pipe, onto a bead of silicone mastic, just above the flashing plate.

It was apparently metallic with a steady green light on top and flashing red lights on the bottom.

The room was solid from 8.30 and the FULL sign was flashing red neon.

It is important to realize that flashing lights, television sets and computer games do not make a person photosensitive or cause epilepsy.

The Mr Fantastic Deluxe playsuit is a one piece polyester playsuit with fiber optic flashing badge.

It is however important to protect the supporting rafters from the elements with a flashing.

In either case you will need to clean off any flashing and/or seam lines with a sharp knife and/or fine sandpaper.

Dektite retrofit roof flashing fitting instructions Trim the cone of the Dektite flashing to suit the flue pipe using sharp tin snips.

We can offer designs for sills, flashing, soffits, column covers or any similar area of work.

When an alarm occurs Deafgard's high-intensity flashing strobe provides a visual indicator and the under pillow pad vibrates to awaken guests.

There were objects far below and they were flashing as if someone down there had a rapid fire strobe.

Researchers at Bristol University's Department of Food Animal Science examined whether electrically stunned sheep respond to flashing lights following a stunned sheep respond to flashing lights following a stun.

So no more snapping a flashing light onto the back of your bike or wearing fluorescent vests while you run.

Powder coated red - chromed windshield, hubcaps, steering wheel and bell bonnet ornament - wooden ladders & real flashing red light.

Suppose now an observer to be looking from a fixed point at the bead through the hole in the phonic wheel, he will see the bead as 8 bright points flashing out in each beat, and in succession at intervals of k second.

The top of Pentelicus commands a view over the plain of Marathon, and from it the Athenian traitors gave the signal to the Persians by a flashing shield on the day of the battle.

Cars screaming about, police sirens screaming, flashing lights, people shouting, a pub TV screen the size of very big thing.

For pitched roofs there is also the option of an in-line or traditional skylight roof flashing.

It had a very cool slide with flashing lights and spurting water.