flashlight

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A battery-powered hand-held light source.

   • At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.
2. 2

   A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).

   • He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.
   • […] the flashlight exploded like a tiny bomb, making the Vicar jump a little, which explains why his face is a thankful blur, his deadly role forgotten to history (I have the photograph before me now).
   • […] two or three bright flashlights went off close to us. It seemed that some prominent person was being quickly interviewed by reporters and photographed just before the ship left.
3. 3

   A photograph taken with a flash camera.

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   1. 4

      To illuminate with a flashlight.

      • Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.

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