Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
moment | Yes | No | No | No |
flash (noun) | moment (noun) |
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a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | having important effects or influence |
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value |
a momentary brightness | a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) |
a sudden brilliant understanding | a particular point in time |
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | an indefinitely short time |
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | at this time |
a gaudy outward display | |
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
a short vivid experience | |
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
flash (adjective) | moment (adjective) |
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tastelessly showy |
flash (verb) | moment (verb) |
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appear briefly | |
emit a brief burst of light | |
make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | |
run or move very quickly or hastily | |
gleam or glow intermittently | |
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
expose or show briefly |