"flashy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈflæʃi/ Audio: en-us-flashy.ogg [US] Forms: flashier [comparative], flashiest [superlative]
enPR: flăsh'ē Rhymes: -æʃi Etymology: flash + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flash|y}} flash + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} flashy (comparative flashier, superlative flashiest)
  1. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing. Translations (showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing): koreileva (Finnish), tape-à-l’œil (French), ostentoso [masculine] (Galician), rechamante (Galician), дре́члив (dréčliv) (Macedonian), впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv) (Macedonian), све́ткав (svétkav) (Macedonian), све́тол (svétol) (Macedonian), бле́скав (bléskav) (Macedonian), hahaki (Maori), ⁧پرزرقوبرق⁩ (por-zarq-o-barq) (Persian), показно́й (pokaznój) (Russian), крича́щий (kričáščij) (Russian), броса́ющийся в глаза́ (brosájuščijsja v glazá) (Russian), крикли́вый (kriklívyj) (Russian), броский (broskij) (Russian), fantoush (Scots)
    Sense id: en-flashy-en-adj-yrtRym5U Disambiguation of 'showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing': 99 1 1
  2. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes. Tags: dated, poetic Synonyms (producing flashes): blinking, fulgorous
    Sense id: en-flashy-en-adj-hqvPq7hI Disambiguation of 'producing flashes': 2 98 0
  3. (archaic) Drunk; tipsy. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-flashy-en-adj-Yf82k~At

Inflected forms

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