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1. A short vivid experience
   "the flashings of pain were a warning"
   - flash
    
2. Sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing

1. Gleam or glow intermittently
   "The lights were flashing"
   - blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
    
2. Appear briefly
   "The headlines flashed on the screen"
    
3. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
   - flaunt, show off, ostentate [archaic], swank, parade
    
4. Make known or cause to appear with great speed
   "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
    
5. Run or move very quickly or hastily
   - dart, dash, scoot, scud, shoot
    
6. Expose or show briefly
   "he flashed a $100 bill"
    
7. Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
   "flash the roof"
    
8. Emit a brief burst of light
   "A shooting star flashed and was gone"

Derived forms: flashings

See also: flash back, flasher

Type of: appear, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, convey, cover, display, exhibit, experience, expose, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, pelt along, race, radiate, rush, rush along, sheet metal, show, speed, step on it

Encyclopedia: Flash Flash, Staffordshire Flash, The