While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Lightning effect crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on January 15 2025 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Lightning effect has a total of 5 letters.
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Definition
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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood
of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder
flashed.
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To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst
instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to
come or pass like a flash.
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To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out
violently; to rush hastily.
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To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with
sudden flame or light.
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To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden
flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash
conviction on the mind.
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To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with
glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
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To trick up in a showy manner.
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To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the
surface; to splash.
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A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously
appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of
lightning.
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A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a
momentary brightness or show.
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The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very
brief period.
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A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring
and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
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Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as,
flash jewelry; flash finery.
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Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious;
as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves,
gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap
jewelry.
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Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
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A pool.
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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.
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Lightning effect
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Wall Street Journal Crossword, January 15 2025
The answer we have in our database for "Lightning effect" is: FLASH
There are a total of 5 letters in FLASH
The crossword clue "Lightning effect" was last spotted on January 15 2025
"Lightning effect" was last seen on Wall Street Journal Crossword