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side flashed

side flashed is the simple past and past participle of side flash.

Meaning of side flash

Verb

side flash (third-person singular simple present side flashes, present participle side flashing, simple past and past participle side flashed)

  1. (intransitive) Of electricity: to create a side flash.
    • The charge traveled down the aluminum mast, and, not finding a path to ground, it side-flashed, blowing out the boat's hull.2010, Brunonia Barry, The Map of True Places, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 243

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What is side flashed the simple past and past participle of?
Side flashed is the simple past and past participle of side flash.

Words near side flashed in the dictionary

  1. side eyed
  2. side eyeing
  3. side eyes
  4. side eying
  5. side flash
  6. side flashed
  7. side flashes
  8. side flashing
  9. side gaze
  10. side gazes
  11. side gig

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