flasher en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈflæʃɚ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English flash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English flasher From flash + -er.
Meanings
- Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
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An indicator or turn signal.
Look here, look at this fire truck! It has flashers and sirens, and if you push the button at the bottom, it moves by itself.
2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 13:
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(obsolete) Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
Mr Yorke of D'Affrenalli has been introduced to me as a Wit & a Flasher: it was supposed that we were to admire one another's Abilities,—but I fancy the Project failed on both Sides […].
1795 March 17, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:
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(slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.
The only diversions I recall were a pair of Avocets flying over, and a young lady who regularly each afternoon furtively crept into the dunes [...] and crouched down for a clandestine wee! Either that, or she was a very shy flasher.
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 128:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flashers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
fi itsensäpaljastaja (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · el επιδειξίας (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · ru эксгибициони́стка (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · ru мига́лка (anything that flashes) · ru эксгибициони́ст (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · fi viuhahtaja (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · nl potloodventer (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · sv blottare (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · da blotter (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · nl flasher (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · fr exhibitionniste (a person who exposes their genitals indecently) · da blinklys (anything that flashes) · fi vilauttelija (a person who exposes their genitals indecently)