Flash

·noun A Pool.

II. Flash ·noun To trick up in a showy manner.

III. Flash ·noun Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

IV. Flash ·noun The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

V. Flash ·vt To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

VI. Flash ·vi To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

VII. Flash ·noun A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

VIII. Flash ·adj Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

IX. Flash ·noun To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to Splash.

X. Flash ·noun A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, ·etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.

XI. Flash ·vt To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. ·see Flashing, ·noun, 3 (b).

XII. Flash ·noun A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

XIII. Flash ·vi To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

XIV. Flash ·vt To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

XV. Flash ·vi To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

XVI. Flash ·noun 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.

XVII. Flash ·adj Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women;

— applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.