name
Meaning 1
A city in North Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
flasher
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈflæʃɚ/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An indicator or turn signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 4
Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A software developer who uses the Flash multimedia technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blinker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, light source
noun
Meaning 8
an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: electrical device
noun
Meaning 9
someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhibitionist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compulsive
Narrower terms: streaker
History
Etymology
Named after Mabel Flasher.
Etymology tree English flash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English flasher From flash + -er.
From Flash + -er.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: blinklys — anything that flashes
- Russian: мига́лка (migálka) — anything that flashes
- Danish: blotter — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Dutch: flasher — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Dutch: potloodventer — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Finnish: viuhahtaja — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Finnish: itsensäpaljastaja — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Finnish: vilauttelija — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- French: exhibitionniste — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Greek: επιδειξίας (epideixías) — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Russian: эксгибициони́ст (eksgibicioníst) — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Russian: эксгибициони́стка (eksgibicionístka) — a person who exposes their genitals indecently
- Swedish: blottare — a person who exposes their genitals indecently