flash
verb (SHOW QUICKLY) /flæʃ/Definition
C2 [T] to show something for a short time: He flashed a smile and offered to buy me a drink.Showing and demonstrating › [I or T] informal If someone flashes, they show their sexual organs in public: He came out of the bushes and flashed at me.Sexual activity in generalPhysical and sexual assault and abduction
(Definition of flash verb (SHOW QUICKLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- act sth out phrasal verb
- attest verb
- barometer noun
- bespeak verb
- bring sth out phrasal verb (MAKE NOTICEABLE)
- demo noun (MARCH)
- flicker noun (FEELING)
- manifestation noun
- point (sth/sb) out phrasal verb
- point the way idiom
- point to/towards sth phrasal verb
- proclaim verb (SHOW)
- produce verb (BRING OUT)
- production noun (BRINGING OUT)
- prove verb (SHOW)
- put up sth phrasal verb
- release verb (MAKE FREE)
- signify verb (MAKE KNOWN)
- suggest verb (SHOW/EXPRESS)
- wear verb (ON BODY)
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