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flasher
[ flash-er ]
/ ˈflæʃ ər /
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noun
a person or thing that flashes.
a flashing light operated by a switching device that automatically turns it on and off alternately.
a signal light on an automotive vehicle that can be made to flash, as to indicate the intention of making a turn or to call attention to a vehicle that has slowed or stopped in a hazardous place.Compare turn signal.
the switching device that operates such a light.
Slang. a person, especially a man, who exposes the genitals suddenly, and usually briefly, in public.
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How to use flasher in a sentence
If that doesn't, I use my emergency flashers and slow down a little.
If we are with Mr. Flasher at a quarter past, we shall just hit the best time.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles DickensA Flasher,—to swear how often the bank had been stripped by lucky players.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims|Andrew SteinmetzCaptain Flasher did not give satisfaction, which indeed was not to be expected, considering that he wanted a subscription.
Ask Momma|R. S. Surtees
British Dictionary definitions for flasher
flasher
/ (ˈflæʃə) /
noun
something that flashes, such as a direction indicator on a vehicle
British slang a person who indecently exposes himself
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