- present participle of flash.
flashing
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flashings
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Building Trades. pieces of sheet metal or the like used to cover and protect certain joints and angles, as where a roof comes in contact with a wall or chimney, especially against leakage.
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the act of creating an artificial flood in a conduit or stream, as in a sewer for cleansing it.
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Photography, Movies. the process of increasing film speed by exposing undeveloped film briefly to a weak light source before using it or of exposing photographic printing paper to reduce contrast.
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Kathleen Brooks, research director at investment company XTB, told the BBC News Channel: "Of course, this is red lights flashing."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s reasonable to believe that the moment he knocked home match point for major No. 25 the word “Retirement” would appear before him in gigantic flashing letters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Throughout the monthslong crisis, though, the strategists said they’ve been flashing back to the 2003 Iraq war and then Defense Sec.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Posing for photos poolside, Domingo was the picture of laid-back charm, chatting with the crew in that commanding leather-and-gravel voice and flashing a toothsome smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A thick blanket of fog covers the floor, occasionally flashing with miniature bolts of lightning that remind me of static shocks.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The gap between the two flashings was now 2 inches!
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Talk to experienced roofers, and they’ll tell you the vast majority of leaks happen at flashings.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
But the endless flashings of the different linings on the beat of musical flourishes — and the visible struggles that some choristers on Sunday had with the magnets — grew tiresome.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
I can take you up onto roofs of old homes in the Northeast and Midwest where soldered flashings are still in excellent condition having been exposed to nearly 100 years of weather.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Archie turned away from Brother Jacques and watched the ambulance making its careful progress out of the athletic field, the rotating blue light casting emergency flashings all over the place.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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