hot flash
noun
a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
hot flashes
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pluralof hot flash.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Users also described changes involving body temperature, including chills, feeling unusually cold, hot flashes, and symptoms resembling a fever.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Cavill co-founded a company that uses a wristband to predict women’s hot flashes, paired with a cooling mattress pad, so she knows a thing or two about sensors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
For me, that was the hot flashes, the insomnia, the depression, the rage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
These symptoms include hot flashes, insomnia and brain fog.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
The children in question were alternating between the chills and hot flashes of a bad case of sunburn.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
