flashlight
- Also called, especially British, torch. a small, portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries, LEDs, or a tiny generator.
- a light that flashes, as a lighthouse beacon.
- any source of artificial light as used in flash photography.
Origin of flashlight
Related Words for flashlight
light, flashlight, beacon, torch, limelight, publicity, notoriety, fame, searchlight, gaslight, interest, floodlightExamples from the Web for flashlight
Contemporary Examples of flashlight
No one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily.
One of the rookie officers, Peter Liang, was walking with a flashlight in one hand and his gun in the other.
A friend of his comes in and shines a flashlight on it and says it looks like blood.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York TownE. Jean Carroll
April 19, 2014
Whenever Stout shone his flashlight beam into one of the rooms, it illuminated stacks of mortar shells and explosives.
Bragging about how they can access their flashlight and turn off their Wi-Fi with the flick of a finger.
Historical Examples of flashlight
A flashlight gleamed for an instant and Dr. Bird started in surprise.
Poisoned AirSterner St. Paul Meek
He turned the flashlight for an instant on his own face, and Dr. Bird gazed at him keenly.
Poisoned AirSterner St. Paul Meek
The feeble ray of the flashlight was lost in the blackness below.
It was her first experience with a flashlight, and she marvelled at its power.
'Smiles'Eliot H. Robinson
That flashlight business is going to pan out just great, I can see.
Phil Bradley's Mountain BoysSilas K. Boone
flashlight
- mainly US and Canadian a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteriesAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): torch
- photog the brief bright light emitted by an electronic flash unitSometimes shortened to: flash
- mainly US and Canadian a light that flashes, used for signalling, in a lighthouse, etc