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flashing flash·ing

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IPA: /ˈflæʃ ɪŋ/

Flashing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in flashing (afghilns).

Definitions for flashing

noun

1. Building Trades. pieces of sheet metal or the like used to cover and protect certain joints and angles, as where a roof comes in contact with a wall or chimney, especially against leakage.
2. the act of creating an artificial flood in a conduit or stream, as in a sewer for cleansing it.
3. Photography, Movies. the process of increasing film speed by exposing undeveloped film briefly to a weak light source before using it or of exposing photographic printing paper to reduce contrast.
4. a brief, sudden burst of bright light:
5. a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc.
6. a very brief moment; instant:
7. Informal. flashlight (def 1).
8. superficial, meretricious, or vulgar showiness; ostentatious display.
9. Also called news flash. Journalism. a brief dispatch sent by a wire service, usually transmitting preliminary news of an important story or development. Compare bulletin (def 2).
10. Photography. bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during an exposure. flash lamp. flashbulb. flashtube.
11. the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device.
12. a sudden thought, insight, inspiration, or vision.
13. Slang. rush1 (def 26).
14. Metallurgy. a ridge of metal left on a casting by a seam between parts of the mold. a ridge formed at the edge of a forging or weld where excess metal has been squeezed out.
15. Poker. a hand containing all five suits in a game played with a five-suit pack.
16. a device, as a lock or sluice, for confining and releasing water to send a boat down a shallow stream.
17. the rush of water thus produced.
18. hot flash.
19. Obsolete. the cant or jargon of thieves, vagabonds, etc.

Idioms

1. flash in the pan, a brief, intense effort that produces no really significant result. a person who makes such an effort; one who enjoys short-lived success.
2. flash on, Slang. to have a sudden thought, insight, or inspiration about. to have a sudden, vivid memory or mental picture of: to feel an instantaneous understanding and appreciation of.

adjective

1. sudden and brief:
2. showy or ostentatious.
3. caused by or used as protection against flash:
4. counterfeit or sham.
5. belonging to or connected with thieves, vagabonds, etc., or their cant or jargon.
6. of or relating to followers of boxing, racing, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes.
2. to cause to flash, as powder by ignition or a sword by waving.
3. to send forth like a flash.
4. to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph.
5. to make an ostentatious display of:
6. to display suddenly and briefly:
7. to change (water) instantly into steam by pouring or directing onto a hot surface.
8. to increase the flow of water in (a river, channel, etc.).
9. Glassmaking and Ceramics. to coat (plain glass or a glass or ceramic object) with a layer of colored, opalescent, or white glass. to apply (such a layer). to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating.
10. Building Trades. to protect from leakage with flashing.
11. Cards. to expose (a card) in the process of dealing.
12. Archaic. to dash or splash (water).

verb (used without object)

1. to break forth into sudden flame or light, especially transiently or intermittently:
2. to gleam.
3. to burst suddenly into view or perception:
4. to move like a flash.
5. to speak or behave with sudden anger, outrage, or the like (often followed by out):
6. to break into sudden action.
7. Slang. to open one's clothes and expose the genitals suddenly, and usually briefly, in public.
8. Slang. to experience the intense effects of a narcotic or stimulant drug.
9. to dash or splash, as the sea or waves.
10. Archaic. to make a flash or sudden display.

Origin of flashing

First recorded in 1775-85; flash + -ing¹

Examples for flashing

"Ready to chastise insolence, sir," cried Alleyne with flashing eyes.

The reporter stood with clenched fists and flashing eyes, hesitating.

flashing “OK” signs, the safety crew waits for the divers to pop up and flash an “OK” back.

flashing a bit of butt seems to be the latest royal fashion.

By September, he was flashing a thumbs-up to assembled fans as he walked into court in a Barcelona suburb.

His eyes were flashing eagerly here and there over the strange throng.

Miss Curtis sat up in her chair, and her eyes were flashing indignation.

As he worked, a thousand pictures were flashing through his mind.

Bars served it on flashing coasters; “Zima girls” wearing sexy costumes promoted it in nightclubs.

In November 2012, police officers in Racine County, Wisconsin, pulled Matson over for running a flashing red light.