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flashing

/ˈflæʃɪŋ/

flashing noun: a sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water. Also the present participle and gerund of flash.

Noun

flashing (countable and uncountable, plural flashings)

  1. A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
  2. Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
  3. The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
  4. The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
    • The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake.
    • There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born.1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
  5. The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
  6. The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.

Also used as

flashing is also the present participle and gerund of flash.

flashing meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Odia

flashing in Bengali

ঝলকানি

flashing in Malayalam

മിന്നുന്നു

flashing in Kannada

ಮಿನುಗುವಿಕೆ, ಮಿನುಗುವುದು

flashing in Odia

ଝଲସିବା
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flashing in Nepali
फ्ल्यासिङ

Examples of flashing in a sentence

  • The flashing light on the answering machine bore testimony to the unanswered call.
  • You are not flashing leg oh so subtly, your tear-filled eyes remain unbatted.
  • This so-called "field flashing" reestablishes the residual magnetism to allow the generator to self-excite.

All 40 example sentences with flashing

Forms of flashing

pluralflashings

Plural of flashing: flashings

Origin of flashing

From flash + -ing. * (weatherproofing): From original flashing material of copper or aluminum that reflects flashes of sunlight.

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Questions about flashing

What does flashing mean?
Flashing means a sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
What is flashing in Bengali?
Flashing in Bengali is ঝলকানি. See Flashing meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is flashing?
Flashing is a noun.
How do you pronounce flashing?
Flashing is pronounced /ˈflæʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of flashing?
The plural of flashing is flashings.

Words near flashing in the dictionary

  1. flashiest
  2. flashily
  3. flashin'
  4. flashiness
  5. flashinesses
  6. flashing
  7. flashing around
  8. flashing back
  9. flashing collar
  10. flashing collars
  11. flashing lane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flashing (page history and authors); flashing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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