flash(ing) light

  • 1Flash(ing) light — Мигающий свет; импульсное освещение; Лампа вспышка …

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  • 2flash — [[t]flæ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ flashes, flashing, flashed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A flash is a sudden burst of light or of something shiny or bright. A sudden flash of lightning lit everything up for a second... The wire snapped at the wall plug with a… …

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  • 3flash — [[t]flæʃ[/t]] n. 1) a brief, sudden burst of bright light 2) a sudden, brief outburst or display, as of joy or wit 3) an instant 4) inf flashlight 1) 5) cvb gaudy or vulgar showiness 6) jou a brief dispatch giving preliminary news of an important …

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  • 4light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 5Flash Gordon — Superherobox| caption=The first Flash Gordon comic strip comic color=background:#c0c0c0 character name=Flash Gordon real name= publisher=King Features Syndicate debut=January 7, 1934 creators=Alex Raymond alliance color=background:#ffc0c0… …

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  • 6light — I n 1. illumination, luminescence, luminosity, radiation, shining, beaming, gleaming; luminousness, brilliance, radiance, lambency, luster, shine, effulgence; irradiation, glow, glowing, fluorescence, in candescence, phosphorescence; brightness,… …

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  • 7Traffic light — The traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, traffic lamp, stop and go lights, robot or semaphore, is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection, pedestrian crossing, or other location. Its purpose is to indicate, using… …

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  • 8gleam´ing|ly — gleam «gleem», noun, verb. –n. 1. a flash or beam of light: »We saw the gleam of headlights through the fog. 2. a short or faint light: »the gleam of shining metal. 3. Figurative. a short appearance; faint show: »After one gleam of hope, all was… …

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  • 9glit´ter|ing|ly — glit|ter «GLIHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to shine with bright, sparkling light; gleam; sparkle: »The jewels and new coins glittered. 2. to be bright and showy. –n. 1. a bright, sparkling light: »There was a cold glitter in the cruel man s eyes …

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  • 10flashing — /flash ing/, n. 1. Building Trades. pieces of sheet metal or the like used to cover and protect certain joints and angles, as where a roof comes in contact with a wall or chimney, esp. against leakage. 2. the act of creating an artificial flood… …

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