flashing
Americannoun
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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.
noun
Other Word Forms
- interflashing noun
- unflashing adjective
Etymology
Origin of flashing
Example Sentences
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As the UN Secretary General António Guterres has put it, "every key climate indicator is flashing red".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The blue-haired singer leaped onto the stage — wearing a short poofy dress and tall boots — accompanied by a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist with a lot of flashing lights.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
It’s fueling the A.I. bubble, it’s coming to your retirement portfolio—and it’s flashing a lot of warning signs right now.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
For investors, Wall Street’s optimism is a flashing red light, notes DataTrek co-founder Nicholas Colas, who flagged the FactSet report in his newsletter Monday, calling it, “the most disturbing graph we saw this entire weekend.”
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
The light show that I thought was flashing above the city is called the skyway.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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