Flash and Sight

Flash

Flash noun - Something extraordinary or surprising.

Usage example: the new goalie for our hockey team was apparently quite a flash in his hometown

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Sight and flash are semantically related. in glimpse topic. In some cases you can use "Sight" instead the word "Flash" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

Sight noun - A position within view.

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Flash and sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flash" instead the word "Sight" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: sigh, sighted, sightly, sighting, sightless

rare	rare flash	rare sight
full	full flash	full sight
better	better flash	better sight
similar	similar flash	similar sight
Other adjectives: brief, visible, poor, odd, strange, last, different, sudden, magical.

people	flash people	sight people
time	flash time	sight time

Ming also wants to marry her on sight, but that's a different trope... Love Dodecahedron: Flash loves Dale, Dale loves Flash, Aura loves Flash, Barin loves Aura, Ming lusts after Dale.

Source: Comic Strip / Flash Gordon
When Leon first enters the barn, Mendez practically flash steps across his line of sight, then appears behind him.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 4
In Maximum Overdrive, machines such as ATMs and ticker displays, unable to actually hurt anybody, simply flash obscenities at everyone in sight.

Source: Snarky Inanimate Object

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