flambé vs flashing

flambé

noun
  • A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. 

  • A flambéed dish. 

verb
  • To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. 

adj
  • Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides. 

  • Being, or having been, flambéed. 

flashing

noun
  • A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water. 

  • The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash). 

  • The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf. 

  • The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine. 

  • Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated. 

  • The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor. 

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