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Flashlight

//ˈflæʃˌlaɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A battery-powered hand-held light source. Canada, Philippines, US
"At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face."
2
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp wordnet
3
A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
"He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all."
4
A photograph taken with a flash camera. obsolete

Verb

1
To illuminate with a flashlight. transitive
"Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From flash + light.

Etymology 2

From flash + light.

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