flash

CEFRB1

/flæʃ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To shine or appear suddenly for a short time.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To be visible briefly.

Examples

  • The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.

  • The boat sank in a flash.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

  2. To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

  3. To make visible briefly.

More examples

In context

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

  • The light flashed on and off.

  • The scenery flashed by quickly.

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Origin

verb

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin; in other senses probably of North Germanic origin akin to Swedish dialectal flasa (“to burn brightly, blaze”), related to flare. Compare also Icelandic flasa (“to rush, go hastily”).