Flash vs Limp - What's the difference?
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To briefly illuminate a scene.
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To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
To be visible briefly.
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(lb) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
*(Thomas Talfourd) (1795–1854)
*:names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles
*(Matthew Arnold) (1822-1888)
*:The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind.
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*:A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
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To communicate quickly.
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(lb) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
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(lb) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
(lb) To perform a .
To move, or cause to move, suddenly
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, title= (lb) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
To trick up in a showy manner.
*(Antony Brewer) (fl.1655)
*:Limning and flashing it with various dyes.
To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:He rudely flashed the waves about.
(lb) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
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To evaporate suddenly. See (Flash evaporation).
To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
(figurative) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius.
* Shakespeare
* Wirt
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
A very short amount of time.
* Francis Bacon
* 1876, , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ,
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
Material]] left around the edge of a [[mould, moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
(Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
(US, colloquial) A flashlight or electric torch.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 34:
A light used for photography - a shortened form of camera flash.
(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
* 1892 , Banjo Paterson,
(UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(UK, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
A pool.
(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
To happen; befall; chance.
To come upon; meet.
flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
(of a penis) not erect
(of a man) not having an erect penis
physically weak
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
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(intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion
(poker slang) To call.
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve
A code-word among s, standing for L'ouis XIV, '''J'''ames II, Queen '''M'''ary of Modena and the ' P rince of Wales.Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition, art. "Limp"
As a proper noun flash
is (computing) a popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages.As a verb limp is
to happen; befall; chance or limp can be to be inadequate or unsatisfactory or limp can be to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.As an adjective limp is
flaccid; flabby, as flesh.As a noun limp is
a scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging or limp can be an irregular, jerky or awkward gait.flash
English
(wikipedia flash)Etymology 1
In some senses, from (etyl) flasshen, a variant of flasken, , related to (m).Verb
(es)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham, passage=But they survived some real pressure as David Murphy flashed a header inches wide of Rob Green's right-hand post
Synonyms
* (to briefly illuminate) glint * (telephoning) beepDerived terms
* flashback * flasher * flashforward * flashing * flashlight * flash upSee also
* gleamNoun
(es)- the flash and outbreak of a fiery mind
- No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy.
- The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash .
- Quick—something must be done! done in a flash , too! But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
- Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
- I reached a flash out of my car pocket and went down-grade and looked at the car.
Synonyms
* gleam, glint * (material left around the edge of a mould) moulding flash, molding flashAntonyms
* (very short amount of time) aeonHypernyms
* lightDerived terms
* antiflash * camera flash * flashy * flashbulb * flash flood * flash in the pan * flash memory * flash photography * flash point * flashproof * in a flash * quick as a flashSee also
* sparkle, shimmer, glimmer, twinkleAdjective
(en adjective)- The barber man was small and flash , as barbers mostly are,
- He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar;
References
* * For the sense ‘a short period of time’, the 1858 Notes and Queries of Martim de Albuquerque was consulted. From page 437 of the sixth volume of the second series, published in London by Bell & Dally, 186 Fleet Street, in 1858 : *: Ought we not to collect for posterity the various ways in which very short times are denoted. Besides the one at the head, there are, — in no time, in next to no time, in less than no time, in a trice, in a jiffy, in a brace of shakes, before you can say Jack Robinson, in a crack, in the squeezing of a lemon, in the doubling of your fist, in the twinkling of an eye, in a moment, in an instant, in a flash.Etymology 2
From (etyl) flasche, flaske; compare (etyl) flache, (etyl) flaque, which is of (etyl) origin, akin to Middle Dutch .Noun
(es)- (Halliwell)
Derived terms
* flash wheelAnagrams
* English ergative verbs ----limp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) limpen, from (etyl) .Verb
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) *. See above.Adjective
(er)- Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) *.Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}
- The bomber limped home on one engine.