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Flash up

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flashnounA sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
pop upverb(intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning.
snapnounA quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
flash oververb(intransitive) To undergo an unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.
spring upverb(intransitive) To appear suddenly.
beam upverb(science fiction, transitive) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
upflashverb(intransitive) To flash upward; to rise or surface very rapidly.
flarenounA sudden bright light.
flash aroundverb(transitive, colloquial) To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.
splash downverb(of a spacecraft or other flying object) To land in water.
burst outverb(intransitive) To display sudden powerful emotion.
flare upverb(intransitive) To become more intense suddenly.
explodeverb(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
glintnounA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
flashbacknoun(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
sparklenounBrilliance; luster.
side flashnounA disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.
jump outverb(idiomatic) To emerge suddenly.
fulgurateverb(intransitive)To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
flickernounAn unsteady flash of light.

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