A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
A pool.
Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
A form of military insignia.
A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
A flashlight; an electric torch.
The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
A very short amount of time.
A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
To burst out into violence.
To send by some startling or sudden means.
To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
To perform a flash.
To be visible briefly.
To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
To make visible briefly.
To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
To communicate quickly.
Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
Having plenty of ready money.
Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
A sequence of connections.
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
A screw thread.
A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
A continued theme or idea.
A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
Composition; quality; fineness.
To put thread through.
To remove the hair using a thread.
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
To screw on; to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt.