flash

About 10.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

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

2. verb To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

   The light flashed on and off.

3. verb To be visible briefly.

   The scenery flashed by quickly.

4. verb To make visible briefly.

   A number will be flashed on the screen.

5. verb To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally.

   She flashed a vocalist at a rock concert.

6. verb To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
7. verb To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

   He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.

8. verb To show a gang sign or similar hand gesture.

   I knew he was serious when he flashed a Bloods sign.

Similar words

twinkle twinkling glint flare blink wink scud trice loud split second

Often followed by

of and point in cards is the memory from

Word family

flashed flashes flashing in the flash of an eye quick as a flash quick as a flash/in the flash of an eye