Phrase Hound found 136 phrases and 107 compound words that contain flash. The most common are listed below. Open flash in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 136
- flash driveA small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- flash memoryA rewritable memory chip that retains its data without a power supply.
- Flash Games
- flash pointThe lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
- Flash gameSynonym of browser game: Video games played directly within a web browser without requiring any downloads, installations, or dedicated hardware; powered by modern web technologies like HTML5 and WebGL, they are instantly accessible and …
- flash drivesplural of flash drive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- flash cardsplural of flash card: A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain …
- flash cutA change made to a complex system with immediate effect, one made without a phase-in period.
- flash cardAlternative form of flashcard: A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side …
- flash-bangA hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.
- double flashThe characteristic visual phenomenon produced by the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear weapon, consisting of a very brief, bright flash of light which dims rapidly, followed by a second, gradually brightening flash.
- green flashA rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash or ray of green light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by the refraction of …
- Compact-Flash
- hot flashSynonym of hot flush: A sudden, but brief, sensation of heat over the entire body; a common symptom of the menopause.
- flash floodA sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.
- quick as a flashExtremely quick.
- flash photographyTaking photographs using a camera with a flash.
- Flash Player
- flash in the panA transient occurrence with no long-term impact.
- flash saleA sale of merchandise where the prices are greatly reduced, but lasting for only a short period of time.
- Flash Animation
- Flash mx
- flash mobA group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.
- flash crowdAlternative form of flashcrowd: The large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site.
- flash forwardTo move forward in time.
Compound words 107
- flashlightA battery-powered hand-held light source.
- flashbackA dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
- flasherAnything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
- newsflashA brief media report of something that has recently taken place.
- flashcardA card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and …
- flashpointAlternative form of flash point: The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
- flashmanA slick salesman or spin doctor.
- flashgunAn electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
- bootflashA flash memory used at bootstrap time for a device, commonly containing a bootloader and simple configuration information.
- flashbulbA glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.