flashlight

substantivo

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.

   […] 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).

   […] two or three bright flashlights went off close to us. It seemed that some prominent person was being quickly interviewed by reporters and photographed just before the ship left.

3. 3

   obsoletoA photograph taken with a flash camera.

verbo

1. 1

   To illuminate with a flashlight.

   Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.

Formas

plural

flashlights

pretérito

flashlit, flashlighted

particípio passado

flashlit, flashlighted

gerúndio

flashlighting

3.ª pessoa do singular

flashlights