Flashlight
//ˈflæʃˌlaɪt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
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."
Example
More examples"I shone a flashlight into the dark room."
Etymology
From flash + light.
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