Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)flasha sudden intense burst of radiant energy (n)flasha momentary brightness (n)flash, flashinga short vivid experience“a flash of emotion swept over him”,
“the flashings of pain were a warning” (n)flasha sudden brilliant understanding“he had a flash of intuition” (n)blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutea very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)“if I had the chance, I'd do it in a flash” (n)flare, flasha burst of light used to communicate or illuminate (n)flasha bright patch of color used for decoration or identification“red flashes adorned the airplane”,
“a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to” Verbs
(v)flashappear briefly“The headlines flashed on the screen” (v)flashmake known or cause to appear with great speed“The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts” (v)flashexpose or show briefly“he flashed a $100 bill” (v)flashprotect by covering with a thin sheet of metal“flash the roof” (v)flashemit a brief burst of light“A shooting star flashed and was gone” Adjectives
(s)brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashytastelessly showy“a flash car”,
“a flashy ring”,
“garish colors”,
“a gaudy costume”,
“loud sport shirts”,
“a meretricious yet stylish book”,
“tawdry ornaments”