Don't flash your money around on the streets.
•She flashed around the pictures of her grandchildren every chance she got.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
flash something around — ˌflash sth aˈround derived (disapproving) to show sth to other people in order to impress them • He s always flashing his money around. Main entry: ↑flashderived … Useful english dictionary
flash around — ˌflash ˈaround [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they flash around he/she/it flashes around present participle flashing around past tense … Useful english dictionary
flash — flash1 S3 [flæʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(shine)¦ 2¦(pictures)¦ 3 flash through somebody s mind/head/brain 4 flash a smile/glance/look etc (at somebody) 5¦(show something quickly)¦ 6¦(news/information)¦ 7¦(move quickly)¦ 8¦(eyes)¦ 9¦(sex organs)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
flash — flash1 [ flæʃ ] verb ** ▸ 1 shine for short time ▸ 2 appear for short time ▸ 3 pass quickly ▸ 4 show sudden emotion ▸ 5 show sex organs ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to shine brightly for a very short time, or to shine on and off very quickly:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flash — I UK [flæʃ] / US verb Word forms flash : present tense I/you/we/they flash he/she/it flashes present participle flashing past tense flashed past participle flashed ** 1) a) [intransitive] to shine brightly for a very short time, or to shine on… … English dictionary
flash — [[t]flæ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ flashes, flashing, flashed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A flash is a sudden burst of light or of something shiny or bright. A sudden flash of lightning lit everything up for a second... The wire snapped at the wall plug with a… … English dictionary
flash — 1 verb 1 SHINE (I, T) to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something shine in this way: The lightning flashed. | flash sth into/at/towards: Why is that guy flashing his headlights at me? | flash on and off (=shine for a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flash around — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms flash around : present tense I/you/we/they flash around he/she/it flashes around present participle flashing around past tense flashed around past participle flashed around to show something to a lot of people … English dictionary
Flash mob — Flashmob redirects here. For the Vitalic album, see Flashmob (album). Flash mobs, like this pillow fight flash mob in downtown Toronto, are designed to surprise passers by. A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a group of people who assemble suddenly… … Wikipedia
flash — 1. n. something suddenly remembered; something suddenly thought of. □ I had a flash and quickly wrote it down. □ After we talked awhile, a flash hit me. Why don’t we sell the house? 2. n. a very short period of time; an instant. (See also in a… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Flash (comics) — Infobox comics set index imagesize= 212 caption= Jay Garrick, Bart Allen, and Wally West on the cover to The Flash (vol. 2) #208. Art by Michael Turner. code name=Flash publisher= DC Comics debut= Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) creators= Gardner… … Wikipedia
