B1adjective · common

flash

flash · more flash · most flash

дешевий

дешёвый, недорогой, некачественный

billig, preiswert, preisgünstig

Expensive-looking and demanding attentionExpensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.

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/flæʃ/

» I saw a flash of lightning.

Meaning

5 senses

(Australia, British, New Zealand, slang)Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
расфуфыренныйrasfufyrennyj
(UK)Having plenty of ready money.
(UK)Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang)Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
(obsolete, slang)Relating to thieves and vagabonds.
the flash language: thieves' cant or slang
flash notes: counterfeit banknotes

More definitions

tastelessly showy

Examples

243 sentences

I saw a flash of lightning.
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I saw a flash of lightning far in the distance.
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Did you see that flash of lightning?
ruВы видели, как блеснула молния? — sharptoothed
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Here's a news flash.
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Did you flash your lights?
deHast du die Lichthupe betätigt? — Luiaard
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Translations

1 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

expensive-looking and attentionworthy:

Origin

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin; in other senses probably of North Germanic origin akin to Swedish dialectal flasa (“to burn brightly, blaze”), related to flare. Compare also Icelandic flasa (“to rush, go hastily”).

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