flash
gleam or glow intermittently
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,301 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,556 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- gleam or glow intermittently also: blink, wink, twinkle, winkle The lights were flashing
- appear briefly The headlines flashed on the screen
- display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously also: flaunt, show off, ostentate, swank he showed off his new sports car
- make known or cause to appear with great speed The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
- run or move very quickly or hastily also: dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot She dashed into the yard
- expose or show briefly he flashed a $100 bill
flash in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It came and went in a flash.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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She turned on him with a sudden flash of indignation.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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She passed before him like a flash, opened the opposite door, and disappeared.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In a flash, by the light of the happiness that was overwhelming, he found this other happiness.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He pronounced it the right way, so in a flash he felt that he was completely changed in form.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1