flashlight
Syllables: flash·light[ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t]/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/
flashlight noun: a battery-powered hand-held light source.
Noun
flashlight (plural flashlights)
- A battery-powered hand-held light source.
- I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.
- At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.1997, Saul Bellow, The Actual, New York: Viking, page 32
- Synonyms:
- electric torch, torch
- A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
- He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.1943, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIII, in Gideon Planish, London: Jonathan Cape, page 121
- […] the flashlight exploded like a tiny bomb, making the Vicar jump a little, which explains why his face is a thankful blur, his deadly role forgotten to history (I have the photograph before me now).1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, published 1994, page 235
- A photograph taken with a flash camera.
Verb
flashlight (third-person singular simple present flashlights, present participle flashlighting, simple past and past participle flashlit or flashlighted)
- To illuminate with a flashlight.
- Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.2011, Bart Bare, Wadmalaw: A Ghost Story, page 51
flashlight meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flashlight in Hindi
- battery-powered hand-held light source
- टार्च ṭārc, टॉर्च ṭŏrc
flashlight in Tamil
- battery-powered hand-held light source
- டார்ச் ṭārc
flashlight in Marathi
- फ्लॅशलाइट, फ्लॅशलाईट
flashlight in Urdu
- battery-powered hand-held light source
- ٹارْچ ṭārc
More languagesFewer languages
- flashlight in Bengali
- টর্চলাইট ṭorcolaiṭ
- flashlight in Telugu
- ఫ్లాష్లైట్
- flashlight in Malayalam
- ഞെക്കുവിളക്ക് ñekkuviḷakkŭ
- flashlight in Kannada
- ಹೊಳಪು ಬೆಳಕು, ಮಿಂಚುಬೆಳಕು, ಝಳಪು ಬೆಳಕು
- flashlight in Punjabi
- ਫਲੈਸ਼ਲਾਈਟ
- flashlight in Gujarati
- હાથબત્તી hāthbattī
- flashlight in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲାସଲାଇଟ୍, ଫ୍ଲାଶଲାଇଟ
- flashlight in Nepali
- फ्ल्यासलाइट, फ्ल्याशलाइट, फ्ल्यासलाइट गर्न
- flashlight in Arabic
- مَشْعَل mašʕal
- flashlight in Malay
- lampu picit, lampu suluh, pelita picit
- flashlight in Indonesian
- senter
- flashlight in Thai
- ไฟฉาย fai-chǎai
- flashlight in Vietnamese
- đèn pin
- flashlight in Myanmar
- တုတ်မီး tutmi:
- Dhivehi
- ޓޯޗު ṭōcu
Examples of flashlight in a sentence
- I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob.
- I lost my night vision for ten minutes because Kevin stupidly shone his flashlight right in my eyes.
- The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight.
Synonyms of flashlight
Forms of flashlight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flashlights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flashlights |
| present participle | flashlighting |
| past participle | flashlit |
| past | flashlit |
| past participle | flashlighted |
| past | flashlighted |
Origin of flashlight
From flash + light.
Words formed from flashlight
Phrases with flashlight
Questions about flashlight
- What does flashlight mean?
- Flashlight means a battery-powered hand-held light source.
- What is flashlight in Hindi?
- Flashlight in Hindi is टार्च (ṭārc), टॉर्च (ṭŏrc). See Flashlight meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flashlight?
- Flashlight can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flashlight?
- Flashlight is pronounced /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flashlight?
- The plural of flashlight is flashlights.
Words near flashlight in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flashlight (page history and authors); flashlight (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashlight (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഞെക്കുവിളക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); flashlight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flashlight (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashlight (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flashlight (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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