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flash
verb- to exhibit as naked a part or parts of the body that are usually clothed UK, 1893
- She would also “flash”–that is, at one or two appropriate moments she would remove her G string and present herself to the audience naked as a jaybird. — Eros, p. 30, Spring 1962
- [W]hen you go off to do something so very simple as exchanging money for goods, it isn’t necessary to flash your snatch at everyone this side of the horizon. — Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, p. 242, 1969
- In N.Y.C. topless is O.K. but total nudity is out but on some nights the girls do flash a raw pussy. — Screw, p. 9, 18 April 1969
- Strippers were subject to arrest if they showed their pubic hair or “flashed.” — Marilyn Salutin, The Sexual Scene, p. 172, June 1971
- The monisher [woman]’s flashing her strides [knickers, panties]. — Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Market Traders Slang, 1979
- And every year, a coed would have to flash at least one cop by lifting her T-shirt to reveal her address written across her tits. — Joseph Wambaugh, Fugitive Nights, p. 133, 1992
- Occasionally, a stripper would “flash,” that is, pull her G-string down for a tantalizing second or two. — Marilyn Suriani Futterman, Dancing Naked in the Material World, p. 125, 1992
- In fact, flashing can be much smore sleazy than nude dancing. — James Ridgeway, Red Light, p. 149, 1996
- to show off UK, 1754
- Silky’s off flashing with the other guys and trying to cop girls. — Susan Hall, Gentleman of Leisure, p. 174, 1972
- They wouldn’t miss the opportunity to flash at something like this fight. — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 151, 1974
- “Oh, you see him in the neighborhood every now ’n then, flashin’, ... he don’t want nobody to know where he’s stayin’,” Taco added. — Donald Goines, The Busting Out of an Ordinary Man, p. 74, 1985
- to show UK, 1754
- [G]et to a bar or someplace, flash a few of your folds [money] [...] and you’ll get all the ladies you can deal with. — Diran Adebayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 9, 2000
- to display official credentials UK
- “Police,” Regan replied, flashing his warrant card. — The Sweeney, p. 30, 1976
- while dealing blackjack in a casino, to briefly and unintentionally expose the down card US
- Bill says I’m flashing my hole card, but I can’t see how I could be. — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 113, 1980
- to display prizes in a carnival game in order to attract customers US
- — American Speech, p. 280, December 1966: “More Carnie Talk from the West Coast”
- Fluorescent tubing lit an interior “flashed” with plush stuffed ani-mals dangling on hooks and stacked boxes of “slum,” or cheap giveaways. — Peter Fenton, Eyeing the Flash, p. 101, 2005
- to vomit US
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 118, 1968
- to vomit after injecting heroin or while withdrawing from heroin use US
- I gave her a hypodermic. She “flashed”–to use the slang expression; barely made it to the sink before she started vomiting. — Jim Thompson, The Kill-Off, pp. 41–42, 1957
- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 406, 1973
- to inhale glue or industrial solvents for the psychoactive effect US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 11, December 1970
- to remember an event from the past in a sudden and powerful manner US
An abbreviation of “flashback”. - He wondered if the canyons at night would make him flash to Nam. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 41, 1984
- to break light bulbs in their sockets, either as an act of vandalism or preparatory to a crime US
- — Dale Kramer and Madeline Karr, Teen-Age Gangs, p. 175, 1953
- to commit a social gaffe US
- — Carol Ann Preusse, Jargon Used by University of Texas Co-Eds, 1963
▶ flash a brown
to drop your trousers and expose your buttocks NEW ZEALAND- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 50, 1998
▶ flash a joint
to display prizes in a carnival game US- To “flash the joint” means to put up the prizes for display at any of the give-away (or gambling) games[.] — E.E. Steck, A Brief Examination of an Esoteric Folk, p. 8, 1968
▶ flash the ash
used as a demand that someone offer a cigarette UK, 1984 A variation of CRASH THE ASHflash the cash
to spend some money; to offer payment UK- [F]lash the cash, give him enough for a good bit of the old wacky baccy and who knows. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. 149, 1999
▶ flash the gallery; flash the range
in prison, to use a small mirror to watch out for approaching guards while conducting some prohibited activity in your cell US- — Maledicta, p. 267, Summer/Winter 1981: “By its slang, ye shall know it: the pessimism of prison life”
▶ flash the hash
to vomit US, 1965- “Popped my cookies!” he congratulated himself, awe-struck by his deed. “Flashed the old hash all over Twenny-second.” — Nelson Algren, The Neon Wilderness, p. 164, 1960
- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1965: “Notes on campus vocabulary, 1964”
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 118, 1968
- — Michael Dalton Johnson, Talking Trash with Redd Foxx, p. 47, 1994
▶ flash your ass
to commit a social gaffe US- — Fred Hester, Slang on the 40 Acres, p. 10, 1968
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