Flashing

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: flash=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

Flashing, n. 

•  The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.  [1913 Webster]
•  Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.  [1913 Webster]
•  The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]

Flashing point (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100flash point.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Flashing, n. a usu. metallic strip used to prevent water penetration at the junction of a roof with a wall etc.

Etymology

dial. flash seal with lead sheets or obs. flash flashing

THESAURUS

Flashing

ablaze, aflame, aflicker, bickering, blazing, blinking, brave, bravura, braw, brief, brisk, burning, chichi, cometary, dancing, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flaming, flaring, flashy, flaunting, fleet, flickering, flickery, flicky, fluttering, fluttery, frilly, frothy, fulgurant, fulgurating, gallant, gay, glittering, jaunty, jazzy, lambent, meteoric, playing, quick, quivering, quivery, rakish, short, short and sweet, short-term, short-termed, showy, snazzy, speedy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, stroboscopic, swift, wavering, wavery

ROGET THESAURUS

Flashing

Ostentation

N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.