A Quick and Simple Dictionary

Flash

1. Proper noun.  (computing, trademark) A popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages.
2. Verb.  To briefly illuminate a scene.
3. Verb.  To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
4. Verb.  To be visible briefly.
5. Verb.  To make visible briefly.
6. Verb.  To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
7. Verb.  To communicate quickly.
8. Verb.  (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
9. Verb.  (ambitransitive, informal) To expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public briefly.
10. Verb.  (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
11. Verb.  (context, juggling) to perform a flash.
12. Verb.  To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
13. Noun.  A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
14. Noun.  (linguistics) A language, created by a repressed minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
15. Noun.  A very short amount of time.
16. Noun.  Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
17. Noun.  (Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
18. Noun.  (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
19. Adjective.  (British, and) Expensive looking and attention worthy; stylish.
20. Adjective.  (UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.