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Flashes

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twinklenounA sparkle or glimmer of light.
twinklingnounA shining with fast intermittent light.
glintnounA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
flarenounA sudden bright light.
blinknounThe act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
winknounAn act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
scudnounClouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.
tricenounNow only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
loudnoun(colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
split secondnounAlternative form of split-second. [(chiefly attributive) A stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson.]
gaudynoun(Oxford University) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally during the long vacation.
tawdrynoun(obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
blink of an eyenoun(idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
garishOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
flauntnoun(obsolete) Anything displayed for show.
jiffynoun(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
shootnounThe emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
instantnounA very short period of time; a moment.
new york minutenoun(informal) An instant; an extremely short time.
show offnounNonstandard spelling of show-off. [One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.]

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