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flashing

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈflæʃɪŋ//

A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.

noun

  1. 1

    A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.

  2. 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. 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. 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.

  5. 5

    The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).

  6. 6

    The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.

Etymology

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

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of flashpresent participle and gerund of flash

Forms

plural
flashings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).