1. flashing - Noun
2. flashing - Verb
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The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.
The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.
A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTrue love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Erich Segal
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. T. E. Lawrence
Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone. Nicholas Sparks
You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time. Jimi Hendrix
When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit. Constantin Brâncuși
Mockery is the flashing of slander. Chinese Proverb