Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small portable lamp usually powered by batteries.
- noun A brief brilliant flood of light from a photographic lamp.
- noun A bright light, as of a signal lamp, that flashes at regular intervals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A light so arranged as to emit sudden brilliant gleams, lasting but a short time: used for military signals and in lighthouses. See
lighthouse . - noun A preparation emitting when ignited a sudden and very brilliant light, used in taking instantaneous photographs at night or in a room insufficiently lighted by natural light, etc. It usually consists chiefly of a magnesium powder, sometimes in combination with guncotton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a
torch
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, Canada A
battery -powered hand-held lightsource.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
Etymologies
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Examples
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(By the way, taking out contact lenses by the light of a flashlight is an interesting experience.)
June 2005 2005
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When those zombies start rolling down the streets, a flashlight is just going to let you know where they are.
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When those zombies start rolling down the streets, a flashlight is just going to let you know where they are.
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My dad retrieved a flashlight from the truck, and we found the deer within a 100 yards.
I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009
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My dad retrieved a flashlight from the truck, and we found the deer within a 100 yards.
I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009
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I guessed immediately what the problem was and grabbed a flashlight from the table where they'd been left when everybody went to bed (instead of being stowed away where they belong, hint hint), and headed down to the basement.
Storm Patrol 2008
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Bloomingdale's: Wagner of Switzerland Pen with built-in flashlight, blade, letter opener, nail file, clip, scissors, and screwdriver for $8.39 + $6 s&h (it says $13.99 but it falls to $8.39 after you add it to your cart)
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I guessed immediately what the problem was and grabbed a flashlight from the table where they'd been left when everybody went to bed (instead of being stowed away where they belong, hint hint), and headed down to the basement.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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When I finally had myself together, the hunt coordinator handed me a gun, and we followed my thin flashlight beam into the woods.
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The closer a flashlight is to an observer, the brighter it appears, while the ever more distant flashlights would look proportionately dimmer.
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