hot flash
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of hot flash
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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But Cattrall isn't dumb – she knows what everyone really wants to talk about is her pop into the second season finale of Carrie Bradshaw's hot flash chronicles.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2023
During a hot flash, in addition to a sudden feeling of warmth, women may experience sweating and reddened skin.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023
In a 2020 episode of her podcast, Michelle Obama described a hot flash she experienced on Marine One as being “like somebody put a furnace in my core and turned it on high.”
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
My first hot flash hit inside the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, where I’d traveled from Wisconsin to see the crypt of Davy Crockett.
From Slate • May 16, 2020
He’d been unprepared for his first hot flash, in the late fall of 2007.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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