flashing
- n a short vivid experience
the flashings of pain were a warning - n sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
- v gleam or glow intermittently
The lights were flashing - v appear briefly
- v display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- v make known or cause to appear with great speed
- v run or move very quickly or hastily
- v expose or show briefly
- v protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
- v emit a brief burst of light
flashlight battery
- n a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights
flashlight fish
- n fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
- n fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
flashover
- n an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
flashpoint
- n point at which something is ready to blow up
- n the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air
flask
- n bottle that has a narrow neck
- n the quantity a flask will hold