3. n. (Figuré) Se dit de tout ce qui bouge très rapidement.
4. adj. Furtivement.
5. adj. Qui bouge à la vitesse de l'éclair.
6. v. Produire des éclairs.
lightning
1. n. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.
2. n. A discharge of this kind.
The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
That tree was hit by lightning.
3. n. (figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.
4. n. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
5. adj. Extremely fast or sudden.
6. adj. Moving at the speed of lightning.
7. v. (impersonal, childish, or nonstandard) To produce lightning.
He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.
2. v. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
The light flashed on and off.
3. v. To be visible briefly.
The scenery flashed by quickly.
4. v. To make visible briefly.
A number will be flashed on the screen.
The special agents flashed their badges as they entered the building.
She flashed me a smile from the car window.
5. v. (ambitransitive, informal) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)
Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.
6. v. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.
7. v. (figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
8. v. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.
9. v. To communicate quickly.
The news services flashed the news about the end of the war to all corners of the globe.
to flash a message along the telephone wires; to flash conviction on the mind
10. v. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
Flash forward to the present day.
11. v. To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.
12. v. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
13. v. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
14. v. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
15. v. (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
16. v. (juggling) To perform a flash.
17. v. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
18. v. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
20. n. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
21. n. A very short amount of time.
22. n. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
23. n. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
24. n. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
25. n. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
26. n. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
27. n. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
28. n. (photography) (clipping of camera flash, , a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene)
29. n. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
30. n. (military) A form of military insignia.
I just got my first commando flash.
31. adj. (British and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
32. adj. (of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
33. adj. (of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
34. adj. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
35. n. A pool.
36. n. (engineering) 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.
eclair
1. n. (Pât) Variante orthographique de éclair.
eclair
1. n. An oblong chocolate-covered creme-filled pastry, usually larger than a French éclair.
lightning fast
lightning fast
1. adj. (idiom) Extremely fast, fast as lightning.
2. adv. (idiom) Extremely quickly.
bolt
1. n. (Mécanique) Boulon (mais voir boulon pour nuts and bolts).
2. n. (Serrurerie) Verrou (d'une serrure).
3. v. Verrouiller.
bolt
1. n. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the
2. n. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3. n. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
4. n. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
5. n. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
6. n. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
7. n. A sudden event, action or emotion.
The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
8. n. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
9. n. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
10. n. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
The horse made a bolt.
11. n. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
12. n. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
13. n. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
14. n. A burst of speed or efficiency.
15. v. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
Bolt the vice to the bench.
16. v. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
Bolt the door.
17. v. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
18. v. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
to bolt a rabbit
19. v. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
20. v. (intransitive) To escape.
21. v. (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
22. v. To swallow food without chewing it.
23. v. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
24. v. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
25. v. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
26. adv. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
27. v. To sift, especially through a cloth.
28. v. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
Graham flour is unbolted flour.
29. v. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
30. v. (legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
31. n. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
