Flash
noun — Plural: Flashes
- 1.
- (a sudden burst of light or flame, badge, display, sudden outburst, an instant or moment, a news story) flash of lightning ការបញ្ចេញពន្លឺភ្លែតៗ, flash of color ការចាំង, in a flash មួយរំពេច
Example: The people's faces were lit up by the flash from the camera. - 2.
- ការបញ្ចេញពន្លឺភ្លែតៗ
- 3.
- ការចាំង, ការបញ្ចេញពន្លឺភ្លែតៗ
verb — past tense: flashed ; past participle: flashed ; present participle: flashing ;
- 1.
- បញ្ចាំងពន្លឺភ្លឺបភ្លែតៗជាសញ្ញា
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to blaze suddenly and die out, to pass swiftly) lights flash បញ្ចេញពន្លឺភ្លែតៗ, thoughts flash to mind មានឡើងភ្លែត
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to cause to flash, to transmit instantaneously, as news, by radio, telephone, etc) flash a light បញ្ចាំងដាក់ flash a message បញ្ចាំងភ្លើងភ្លែតៗជាសញ្ញា, flash one's wealth បញ្ចេញ, បង្អួត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Flashes
- 1.
- A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
- 2.
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
- 3.
- The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
- 4.
- A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
- 5.
- Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
- 6.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
adjective
- 1.
- Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
- 2.
- Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
verb — past tense: flashed ; past participle: flashed ; present participle: flashing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color.
- 7.
- To trick up in a showy manner.
- 8.
- To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
- 1.
- burst, flicker, glimmer, glitter, illumination, moment, reflection, spark, vision, wink
- 1.
- A pool