Flash
verb
To shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something do this.
The light flashed on and off.
Often appears as...
- flash a light
- flash a signal
noun
A sudden bright light.
There was a bright flash of light.
Often appears as...
- flash of lightning
- flash in the pan
verb
To show or exhibit something quickly, often to attract attention.
He flashed a smile at the camera.
Often appears as...
- flash a smile
- flash your id
noun
A quick or sudden event, happening, or occurrence.
He made a decision in a flash.
Often appears as...
- in a flash
- flash decision
verb
To update firmware or ROM by using a simple removal process.
You might need to flash your computer's bios.
Often appears as...
- flash firmware
- flash the rom
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A shallow body of water.
There is a lovely flash near our village where we can see various birds.
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something do this.
The light flashed on and off.
Often appears as...
- flash a light
- flash a signal
noun
A sudden bright light.
There was a bright flash of light.
Often appears as...
- flash of lightning
- flash in the pan
verb
To show or exhibit something quickly, often to attract attention.
He flashed a smile at the camera.
Often appears as...
- flash a smile
- flash your id
noun
A quick or sudden event, happening, or occurrence.
He made a decision in a flash.
Often appears as...
- in a flash
- flash decision
verb
To update firmware or ROM by using a simple removal process.
You might need to flash your computer's bios.
Often appears as...
- flash firmware
- flash the rom
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A shallow body of water.
There is a lovely flash near our village where we can see various birds.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Attention Grabbing
Used to describe actions that are noticeable because they happen very quickly and are meant to be seen.
The magician's hands flashed, and the dove appeared.
Pro Tip 2/2Brief Illumination
Indicates a very short duration of light, often used metaphorically for other quick actions.
Ideas flashed through his mind as he brainstormed.
Pro Tip 1/2Attention Grabbing
Used to describe actions that are noticeable because they happen very quickly and are meant to be seen.
The magician's hands flashed, and the dove appeared.
Pro Tip 2/2Brief Illumination
Indicates a very short duration of light, often used metaphorically for other quick actions.
Ideas flashed through his mind as he brainstormed.
Pro Tip 1/2Attention Grabbing
Used to describe actions that are noticeable because they happen very quickly and are meant to be seen.
The magician's hands flashed, and the dove appeared.
Pro Tip 2/2Brief Illumination
Indicates a very short duration of light, often used metaphorically for other quick actions.
Ideas flashed through his mind as he brainstormed.
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Filming The World's...
see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense you can hear them a long way away you
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How many universes are...
including one called string theory, are now telling us there could be countless other universes, built on different types of particles, with different properties, obeying different laws. Most of these universes could never support life, and might flash in and out of existence in a nanosecond, but nonetheless, combined
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Filming Flying Squirrels...
flash in overhead and make you jump sometimes land on a tree right beside but they're so so quick it's quite hard sometimes to get the camera on them and get them in focus before they're straight out again we've got one particular character called norbert he's a bit chubby than the others and he seems to like coming
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The five major world...
In a flash, he realized that looking for answers at the extremes was a mistake. The middle way between luxury and poverty seemed wisest. And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving
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How math saved my life PIPE...
was attacked from behind from my perspective I didn't see anything at all I just heard and felt this deep thud in the back as something smashed into the back of my head and I saw this flash of light similar to what you hear boxers described when they get knocked out and
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Questions No One Knows...
are now telling us there could be countless other universes built on different types of particles, with different properties, obeying different laws. Most of these universes could never support life, and might flash in and out of existence in a nanosecond.
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Watch: Fireflies Glowing...
bit of red and yellow markings uh right above their head and so you really do have to look at the flash pattern and some other morphological characters to tell the species apart generally the habitat where we find photinus carolinas is in these low-lying
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Daniel Kish: How I use...
And the feedback for the P.A. system is no help at all. So now I present to you a challenge. So if you'd all close your eyes for just a moment, okay? And you're going to learn a bit of flash sonar. I'm going to make a sound.
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Let's talk about sex -...
Outside are events of unimaginable violence. Whole new forms of life are being created only to be wiped away. Millions of years are flashing by. But in here, it's always the same. Peace.
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What's Hiding in the...
is bioluminescence a deep sea anglerfish flashes in the darkness the light is generated by bacteria that
Video examples
Filming The World's...
see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense you can hear them a long way away you
Video examples
How many universes are...
including one called string theory, are now telling us there could be countless other universes, built on different types of particles, with different properties, obeying different laws. Most of these universes could never support life, and might flash in and out of existence in a nanosecond, but nonetheless, combined
Video examples
Filming Flying Squirrels...
flash in overhead and make you jump sometimes land on a tree right beside but they're so so quick it's quite hard sometimes to get the camera on them and get them in focus before they're straight out again we've got one particular character called norbert he's a bit chubby than the others and he seems to like coming
Video examples
The five major world...
In a flash, he realized that looking for answers at the extremes was a mistake. The middle way between luxury and poverty seemed wisest. And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
was attacked from behind from my perspective I didn't see anything at all I just heard and felt this deep thud in the back as something smashed into the back of my head and I saw this flash of light similar to what you hear boxers described when they get knocked out and
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
are now telling us there could be countless other universes built on different types of particles, with different properties, obeying different laws. Most of these universes could never support life, and might flash in and out of existence in a nanosecond.
Video examples
Watch: Fireflies Glowing...
bit of red and yellow markings uh right above their head and so you really do have to look at the flash pattern and some other morphological characters to tell the species apart generally the habitat where we find photinus carolinas is in these low-lying
Video examples
Daniel Kish: How I use...
And the feedback for the P.A. system is no help at all. So now I present to you a challenge. So if you'd all close your eyes for just a moment, okay? And you're going to learn a bit of flash sonar. I'm going to make a sound.
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
Outside are events of unimaginable violence. Whole new forms of life are being created only to be wiped away. Millions of years are flashing by. But in here, it's always the same. Peace.
Video examples
What's Hiding in the...
is bioluminescence a deep sea anglerfish flashes in the darkness the light is generated by bacteria that
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Taboo
American Musician
They didn't tell me what type of cancer I had. They didn't tell me what stage I was in. They just told me, 'Mr Gomez, you have cancer.' My life flashed before my eyes. I thought about my kids, I thought about my wife. Nothing prepares you for the shock of someone telling you you have that horrible disease.
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Dennis Haysbert
American Actor
When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an independent, you get films that are really close to the writers' and directors' heart. Somehow it becomes a little deeper. A little more meat and not as much flash.
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Eric Massa
American Politician
Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I work on my novels wherever I have a PC, and I have four or five places around the world where I do have a PC. These days you can just slip a little flash drive into your top pocket, fly for 12 hours, come to another place, plug it into a computer and you are away again.
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Alex Kingston
English Actress
If anyone out there wants me to play a Pre-Raphaelite character, I'd do it in a flash. That's what is so curious about my playing a modern doctor. It's not the sort of part I saw for myself when I began acting.
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Dave Pirner
American Musician
I see my life flashing before me when I see people in the audience singing along to something I wrote in the '80s, and they're maybe standing next to someone who knows the more recent stuff.
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Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.
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Leo Szilard
American Scientist
We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow.
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Burnie Burns
American Writer
Flash Video made platform sites like YouTube possible as well, and helped kick-start the online video revolution.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
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Taboo
American Musician
They didn't tell me what type of cancer I had. They didn't tell me what stage I was in. They just told me, 'Mr Gomez, you have cancer.' My life flashed before my eyes. I thought about my kids, I thought about my wife. Nothing prepares you for the shock of someone telling you you have that horrible disease.
Quote examples
Dennis Haysbert
American Actor
When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an independent, you get films that are really close to the writers' and directors' heart. Somehow it becomes a little deeper. A little more meat and not as much flash.
Quote examples
Eric Massa
American Politician
Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.
Quote examples
Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I work on my novels wherever I have a PC, and I have four or five places around the world where I do have a PC. These days you can just slip a little flash drive into your top pocket, fly for 12 hours, come to another place, plug it into a computer and you are away again.
Quote examples
Alex Kingston
English Actress
If anyone out there wants me to play a Pre-Raphaelite character, I'd do it in a flash. That's what is so curious about my playing a modern doctor. It's not the sort of part I saw for myself when I began acting.
Quote examples
Dave Pirner
American Musician
I see my life flashing before me when I see people in the audience singing along to something I wrote in the '80s, and they're maybe standing next to someone who knows the more recent stuff.
Quote examples
Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.
Quote examples
Leo Szilard
American Scientist
We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow.
Quote examples
Burnie Burns
American Writer
Flash Video made platform sites like YouTube possible as well, and helped kick-start the online video revolution.
Quote examples
Martin Scorsese
American Director
Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
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