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side flashing

side flashing is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about side flashing

What is side flashing the present participle and gerund of?
Side flashing is the present participle and gerund of side flash.

Words near side flashing in the dictionary

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

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