flash

1. (transitive)To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

   He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.

   вспы́хиватьvspýxivatʹ, вспы́хнутьvspýxnutʹ

   appear briefly

2. (intransitive)To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

   The light flashed on and off.

   blinken

   gleam or glow intermittently

3. (intransitive)To be visible briefly.

   The scenery flashed by quickly.

   expose or show briefly

4. (transitive)To make visible briefly.

   A number will be flashed on the screen.

   The special agents flashed their badges as they entered the building.

5. (ambitransitive, informal)To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)

   She flashed a vocalist at a rock concert.

   Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.

6. (figuratively)To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.

7. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

   He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.

8. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

   To show a gang sign or similar hand gesture.

   I knew he was serious when he flashed a Bloods sign.

9. To communicate quickly.

   The news services flashed the news about the end of the war to all corners of the globe.

   to flash a message along the telephone wires; to flash conviction on the mind

   run or move very quickly or hastily

10. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

    Flash forward to the present day.

11. (dated, transitive)To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

    Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

    прозвони́тьprozvonítʹ

12. (intransitive)To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)

1. I saw a flash of lightning.

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2. I saw a flash of lightning far in the distance.

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3. Did you see that flash of lightning?

   ruВы видели, как блеснула молния? — sharptoothed

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4. Here's a news flash.

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5. Did you flash your lights?

   deHast du die Lichthupe betätigt? — Luiaard

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regular · Lesson

• flash aroundхизуватися, кокетуватиTo make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.
• flash upTo appear suddenly on a screen.
• flash backTo recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.
• flash overTo undergo flashing (ignition) throughout a space all at once.
• flash forwardTo move forward in time.