flashbulb Syllabification: (flash·bulb)Pronunciation: /ˈflaSHˌbəlb/Translate flashbulb | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of flashbulb noun a light bulb that flashes in order to illuminate a photographic subject, of a type that is used only once:suddenly flashbulbs were popping and whole rolls of film were squeezed off in secondsflashbulb in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of flashbulb in the British & World English dictionary