1.Definition: a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

"Red flashes adorned the airplane", "A flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

Related Noun(s):flare

Category: General

3.Definition: a gaudy outward display

Related Noun(s):fanfare, ostentation

Category: General

4.Definition: a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

Related Noun(s):flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a momentary brightness

Category: General

6.Definition: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

Related Noun(s):newsbreak, newsflash

Category: General

7.Definition: a short vivid experience

"A flash of emotion swept over him", "The flashings of pain were a warning"

Category: General

8.Definition: a sudden brilliant understanding

"He had a flash of intuition"

Category: General

9.Definition: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

Category: General

10.Definition: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

"If I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

Related Noun(s):heartbeat, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkling, wink

Category: General