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flashy

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1. flashy - Adjective

2. flashy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

Fiery; vehement; impetuous.

Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.

Without taste or spirit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of. Fred Hoyle

You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light. Banana Yoshimoto

Satan's Slaves, number three in the outlaw hierarchy, custom-bike specialists with a taste for the flesh of young dogs, flashy headbands and tender young blondes with lobotomy eyes. Hunter S. Thompson

Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.' Angus Young

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels. Ingvar Kamprad

When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. Jerry Saltz

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