flash

Definition

Examples

A sudden flash of light made everyone in the room look up.

Word Family

Synonyms

• sparklemerriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
• flarea shape that spreads outward
• gleaman appearance of reflected light

Collocations

• Easy camera flash
  describing camera flash (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
• Medium flash drive for backup
  to flash drive for backup, meaning to gleam or glow intermittently
• Hard flash crash in equity markets
  to flash crash in equity markets, meaning to gleam or glow intermittently
• Very Hard flash in the pan earnings spike
  to flash in the pan earnings spike, meaning to gleam or glow intermittently