- present participle of flash.
flashing
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Posing for photos poolside, Domingo was the picture of laid-back charm, chatting with the crew in that commanding leather-and-gravel voice and flashing a toothsome smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This involves listening to sounds, tapping, or flashing lights to remember a traumatic event.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The cars have blocked the path of emergency vehicles, driven into active emergency scenes, and failed to recognize traffic cones, flashing lights, and smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Public broadcaster NHK cited police sources as saying that between 20 and 30 employees could not be contacted, showing footage of emergency vehicles with flashing red lights outside.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the center of the lake is a vast circular city with a light show flashing above it.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
When the photon crashes into your outdoor flag, wood deck, house paint, metal roof or flashings, it splits molecules apart and rips atoms off objects.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
The gap between the two flashings was now 2 inches!
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
But the endless flashings of the different linings on the beat of musical flourishes — and the visible struggles that some choristers on Sunday had with the magnets — grew tiresome.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Here's my best definition: Roof flashings are transitional materials that connect a roof to something that’s not a roof.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Archie turned away from Brother Jacques and watched the ambulance making its careful progress out of the athletic field, the rotating blue light casting emergency flashings all over the place.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
