What does flash mean?

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Verb

To briefly illuminate a scene.
To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
To be visible briefly.
To make visible briefly.
(transitive) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)
(transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.
(figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
To communicate quickly.
To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
(intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
(transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
(computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
(glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
(juggling) To perform a flash.
(metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
(transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
(transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

Noun

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
A very short amount of time.
(colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
(figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
(Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class (for example, Ebonics).
(photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
(military) A form of military insignia.

Adjective

(Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
(Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.

Noun

A pool.
(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

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