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'flash' - used as an adjective
1. tastelessly showy
a flash car

'flash' - used as a noun
2. a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
3. a momentary brightness
4. a short vivid experience
a flash of emotion swept over him
5. a sudden brilliant understanding
he had a flash of intuition
6. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
7. a gaudy outward display
8. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
9. a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
10. 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
11. a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

'flash' - used as a verb
12. gleam or glow intermittently
The lights were flashing
13. appear briefly
The headlines flashed on the screen
14. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
15. make known or cause to appear with great speed
The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
16. run or move very quickly or hastily
17. expose or show briefly
he flashed a $100 bill
18. protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
flash the roof
19. emit a brief burst of light
A shooting star flashed and was gone

derived forms
1. Flash / Plural
flashes
2. Flash / Past
flashed
3. Flash / Third Person
flashes
4. Flash / Present Participle
flashing
5. Flash / Comparitive
flasher
6. Flash / Superlative
flashest
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There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.