flashing
pronunciation
How to pronounce flashing in British English:
UK [ˈflæʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce flashing in American English:
US [ˈflæʃɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a short vivid experience
- sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
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- Adjective:
- emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts
Word Origin
- flashing (adj.)
- 1540s, of light; present participle adjective from flash (v.).
- flashing (n.)
- 1791, "act of creating an artificial flood," verbal noun from flash (v.); also compare flash (n.2)). Meaning "indecent exposure" is by 1968 (see flasher). The meaning "strip of metal used in roofing, etc." is from 1782, earlier simply flash (1570s), but the sense connection is unclear and it might be an unrelated word.
Example
- 1. The computer started making some noise and various lights started flashing .
- 2. Hello , this is room 1205 . Our message lamp is flashing .
- 3. To test this , researchers showed infants flashing lights at varying speed .
- 4. On a recent afternoon , some expressed unease at the flashing cameras and cheerful chattering among visitors .
- 5. As the chefs stood at their stoves the beams started flashing above them .