"newsflash" meaning in English

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Interjection

Forms: news flash [alternative]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From news + flash. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|news|flash}} news + flash Head templates: {{en-interjection}} newsflash
  1. (colloquial, often sarcastic) Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware. Tags: colloquial, often, sarcastic Synonyms: bulletin#Interjection, hello#Interjection
    Sense id: en-newsflash-en-intj-KxoJYQ8O Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 48 52

Noun

Forms: newsflashes [plural], news flash [alternative]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From news + flash. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|news|flash}} news + flash Head templates: {{en-noun}} newsflash (plural newsflashes)
  1. (broadcasting) A brief media report of something that has recently taken place. Categories (topical): Broadcasting Synonyms: breaking news, bulletin [dated], flash, snap#Noun, update#Noun Derived forms: Muppet News Flash Translations (Translations): 快訊 /快讯 (kuàixùn) (Chinese Mandarin), gyorshír (Hungarian), срочная новость (sročnaja novostʹ) (Russian), najnovije vijesti (Serbo-Croatian), primicia [feminine] (Spanish), emprima [feminine] (Spanish), tubazo [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), chiva [Colombia, feminine] (Spanish), notición [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-newsflash-en-noun-pOKNrCuq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Topics: broadcasting, media

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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