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flash English-Italian

lampo m

flash by English-Italian

passare come un lampo

flash past in flash English-Italian

passare come un bolide

flash a torch at in flash English-Italian

puntare una torcia su

flash Italian-English

newsflash

flash1 British & World English

shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way

flash2 British & World English

a water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire

flash English-German

Aufleuchten

flash1 English-Spanish

destello

flash2 English-Spanish

they flashed a light in my face

Flash in flash1 British & World English

a platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers

flash-fry British & World English

fry (food) briefly and at a very high temperature

flash mob British & World English

a public gathering of complete strangers, organized via the Internet or mobile phone, who perform a pointless act and then disperse again

flash over in flash1 British & World English

make an electric circuit by sparking across a gap

flash burn British & World English

a burn caused by sudden intense heat, e.g. from a nuclear explosion

flash card British & World English

a card containing a small amount of information, held up for pupils to see, as an aid to learning

flash drive British & World English

a small electronic device containing flash memory that is used for storing data or transferring it to or from a computer, digital camera, etc.

flash flood British & World English

a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain

flash lamp British & World English

a portable flashing electric lamp such as a flashgun

flash suit British & World English

a set of heatproof protective clothing

flash tube British & World English

a gas-discharge tube used, especially in photography, to provide an electronic flash when a current is suddenly passed through it

ring flash British & World English

a circular electronic flash tube that fits round a camera lens to give shadowless lighting of a subject near the lens, especially for macrophotography

flash light English-French

lampe f de poche

flash bulb English-German

Blitzbirnchen

flash cube English-German

Blitzwürfel

flash flood English-German

Überschwemmungdurch heftige Regenfälle

news flash English-Spanish

información

bounce flash British & World English

a device for giving reflected photographic flashlight

flash fiction British & World English

fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety

flash-freeze British & World English

freeze (food or other material) very rapidly so as to prevent the formation of ice crystals

flash memory British & World English

a kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply

flash welding British & World English

a welding process in which the ends of two metal parts are fused by heat generated from their resistance to an electric current and applied pressure

electronic flash British & World English

a flash from a gas-discharge tube, used in high-speed photography

flash photolysis British & World English

the use of a very intense flash of light to bring about decomposition or dissociation in a heated gas, usually as a means of generating and studying short-lived molecules

flash by English-French

passer comme un éclair

flash in the pan in flash1 British & World English

a thing or person whose sudden but brief success is not repeated or repeatable

as quick as a flash in flash1 British & World English

(especially of a person’s response or reaction) very quickly

USB flash drive (also USB stick) British & World English

a small external flash drive that can be used with any computer that has a USB port

blinding British & World English

(of light) very bright and likely to dazzle or cause temporary blindness

hot flash in hot flush ( also hot flash) British & World English

a sudden feeling of feverish heat, typically as a symptom of the menopause