Nikon Definition–noun | 1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66. | |
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Flash Definition–noun | 1. | a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning. |
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| 2. | a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc. | | 3. | a very brief moment; instant: I'll be back in a flash. | | 5. | superficial, meretricious, or vulgar showiness; ostentatious display. | | 6. | Also called news flash. Journalism. a brief dispatch sent by a wire service, usually transmitting preliminary news of an important story or development. Compare bulletin (def. 2). | | 7. | Photography. | a. | bright artificial light thrown briefly upon a subject during an exposure. | | | 8. | the sudden flame or intense heat produced by a bomb or other explosive device. | | 9. | a sudden thought, insight, inspiration, or vision. | | 10. | Slang. rush (def. 25). | | 11. | Metallurgy. | a. | a ridge of metal left on a casting by a seam between parts of the mold. | | b. | a ridge formed at the edge of a forging or weld where excess metal has been squeezed out. | | | 12. | Poker. a hand containing all five suits in a game played with a five-suit pack. | | 13. | a device, as a lock or sluice, for confining and releasing water to send a boat down a shallow stream. | | 14. | the rush of water thus produced. | | 16. | Obsolete. the cant or jargon of thieves, vagabonds, etc. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to break forth into sudden flame or light, esp. transiently or intermittently: a buoy flashing in the distance. | | 19. | to burst suddenly into view or perception: The answer flashed into his mind. | | 20. | to move like a flash. | | 21. | to speak or behave with sudden anger, outrage, or the like (often fol. by out): to flash out at a stupid remark. | | 22. | to break into sudden action. | | 23. | Slang. to open one's clothes and expose the genitals suddenly, and usually briefly, in public. | | 24. | Slang. to experience the intense effects of a narcotic or stimulant drug. | | 25. | to dash or splash, as the sea or waves. | | 26. | Archaic. to make a flash or sudden display. | –verb (used with object) | 27. | to emit or send forth (fire or light) in sudden flashes. | | 28. | to cause to flash, as powder by ignition or a sword by waving. | | 29. | to send forth like a flash. | <
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table class="luna-Ent"> | 30. | to communicate instantaneously, as by radio or telegraph. | | 31. | to make an ostentatious display of: He's forever flashing a large roll of bills. | | 32. | to display suddenly and briefly: She flashed her ID card at the guard. | | 33. | to change (water) instantly into steam by pouring or directing onto a hot surface. | | 34. | to increase the flow of water in (a river, channel, etc.). | | 35. | Glassmaking and Ceramics. | a. | to coat (plain glass or a glass or ceramic object) with a layer of colored, opalescent, or white glass. | | b. | to apply (such a layer). | | c. | to color or make (glass) opaque by reheating. | | | 36. | Building Trades. to protect from leakage with flashing. | | 37. | Cards. to expose (a card) in the process of dealing. | | 38. | Archaic. to dash or splash (water). | –adjective | 39. | sudden and brief: a flash storm. | | 40. | showy or ostentatious. | | 41. | caused by or used as protection against flash: flash injuries; flash clothing. | | 43. | belonging to or connected with thieves, vagabonds, etc., or their cant or jargon. | | 44. | of or pertaining to followers of boxing, racing, etc. | —Idioms | 45. | flash in the pan, | a. | a brief, intense effort that produces no really significant result. | | b. | a person who makes such an effort; one who enjoys short-lived success. | | | 46. | flash on, Slang. | a. | to have a sudden thought, insight, or inspiration about. | | b. | to have a sudden, vivid memory or mental picture of: I just flashed on that day we spent at the lake. | | c. | to feel an instantaneous understanding and appreciation of. | | |
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