flashern.

Brit.

/ˈflaʃə/, U.S.

/ˈflæʃər/

Etymology: < flash v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which flashes.

†1. One who splashes water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]

priesteOE

presbyterOE

sirec1290

beauperec1300

sirc1386

fatherhooda1393

fatherheada1434

paternity1439

pater1481

fathershipa1500

father1528

key-bearer?1531

key-keeper?1556

vicegerent1572

priestdom1588

sacerdosa1592

flasher1611

priesthooda1616

père1619

sacerdote1685

firekeeper1789

soggarth1836

priestship1868

soutane1890

joss-man1913

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Gascheur A flasher or dasher of water.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A flasher of water, aspersor.

a. Something which emits flashes of light.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > flash > something that flashes

leamerc1440

flasher1686

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iv. 198 They were Spit-Fires, Thunderers and Flashers.

b. An automatic device for alternately lighting and extinguishing incandescent lamps, as in advertising and warning signs; such a sign or signal itself.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > flashing signal

flashing signals1858

flashlight1886

telephote1893

flasher1909

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > parts of

light fixture1888

dimmer switch1896

lamp-cap1899

flasher1909

light switch1912

bayonet cap1914

light button1928

light cord1930

coiled coil1935

minuterie1955

wallwasher1966

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > direction indicator

indicator1932

trafficator1933

direction indicator1937

signal1939

turn signal1949

winker1951

flasher1958

indicator lamp1961

indicator light1961

1909 Installation News 3 127 The effectiveness of the fixed pattern is greatly enhanced by the addition of a ‘flasher’.

1928 Publishers' Weekly 30 June Inset Electric flashers 7 × 11″ (loaned for special displays).

1932 Flight 1 July 613/2 A flasher is incorporated in the L.T. circuit and the beacon is usually operated on a flashing code sequence.

1944 Times 23 Aug. 5/4 A new technical term..comes from the Underground, where there are to be more thermal flashers..[i.e.] illuminated signs urging passengers to pass along the platform.

1958 Observer 17 Aug. 15/6 Triggers under the steering-wheel work the self-cancelling indicators and the headlamp flasher.

1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving ix. 97 Never take for granted..that the car..with turn-indicator flashing left is actually proposing to turn left. The driver may well have left his ‘flasher’ on many corners ago.

1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) i. iii. 16 Flasher relay, relay in which the contact units make and break with a self-determined periodicity.

1971 ‘K. Royce’ Concrete Boot iii. 36 The police closed in. They did it well. Plain cars and vans; no sirens or flashers.

†3. One of the attendants on a gaming table (see quot.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc.

woodpecker1608

puff1722

flasher1731

squib1731

stool-pigeon1830

roper1840

shill1916

stick1926

1731 in J. P. Malcolm Mann. & Cust. London (1808) 166 A Flasher, to swear how often the bank has been stripped.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 68 [He] had often sate a flasher at M..d..g..n's.

1797 Sporting Mag. 10 312.

†4. A person of brilliant appearance or accomplishment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > smart person

a man of (the first) feather1592

pink1602

smart1709

flasher1755

swell1786

dasher1807

smarty1847

city slicker1914

Roy1960

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Flasher, a man of more appearance of wit than reality. Dict.

1779 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 380 They are reckoned the Flashers of the place,—yet every body Laughs at them, for their Airs.

1780 F. Burney Let. Apr. in Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 333 Sir John Harrington..one of the gayest writers and flashers of her reign.

5. The workman who ‘flashes’ glass (see quot. 1839).

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 582 [Glass-making] He next hands it to the flasher, who..wheels it rapidly round opposite to a powerful flame, till it assumes..finally [the figure] of a flat circular table.

6. (See quot. 1874.)

ΚΠ

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 876/2 Flasher..a form of steam-boiler in which small bodies of water are injected into a heated boiler and flashed into steam.

a. ‘A name of the lesser butcher-bird: see flusher n.² ’ (Ogilvie 1882).

b. A fish ( Lobotes surinamensis).

ΚΠ

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 555.

8. Cricket. (See quot. 1936.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman

sticker1832

short runner1833

punisher1846

slogger1850

blocker1851

cutter1851

swiper1853

top scorer1860

stick1863

left-hander1864

smiter1878

centurion1886

driver1888

pad-player1888

poker1888

spectacle-maker1893

back-player1897

hooker1900

under-runner1903

puller1911

square cutter1920

straight driver1925

stroke-maker1927

goose-gamer1928

stroke-player1935

flasher1936

sweeper1961

tonker1977

1936 Daily Herald 24 Dec. 15/6 The latter is a left~hand batsman, but is inclined to be a ‘flasher’ (one apt to chase balls outside the off-stump).

1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 14 If the regular opening batsmen fail, I'd try Benaud, he's no more of a ‘flasher’ than Trumper.

9. slang. One who ‘flashes’ or exposes himself indecently. See flash v.¹ 13c.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity > indecent exposure > person

exhibitionist1893

flasher1974

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 297/2 Meat-flashing,..exposure of the person. Hence meat-flasher = a public offender in this line.]

1974 Kingston (Ont.) News 10 Jan. 2/6 A middle aged man indecently exposed himself to a female student... There were several reports of a so-called ‘phantom flasher’ in the University..area.

1976 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling i. iii. 44 He was apparently a ‘flasher’, who had just exposed himself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flasher
释义	flashern. Brit. /ˈflaʃə/, U.S. /ˈflæʃər/ Etymology: < flash v.¹ + -er suffix¹. One who or that which flashes. †1. One who splashes water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] priesteOE presbyterOE sirec1290 beauperec1300 sirc1386 fatherhooda1393 fatherheada1434 paternity1439 pater1481 fathershipa1500 father1528 key-bearer?1531 key-keeper?1556 vicegerent1572 priestdom1588 sacerdosa1592 flasher1611 priesthooda1616 père1619 sacerdote1685 firekeeper1789 soggarth1836 priestship1868 soutane1890 joss-man1913 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Gascheur A flasher or dasher of water. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A flasher of water, aspersor. 2. a. Something which emits flashes of light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > flash > something that flashes leamerc1440 flasher1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iv. 198 They were Spit-Fires, Thunderers and Flashers. b. An automatic device for alternately lighting and extinguishing incandescent lamps, as in advertising and warning signs; such a sign or signal itself. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > flashing signal flashing signals1858 flashlight1886 telephote1893 flasher1909 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > parts of light fixture1888 dimmer switch1896 lamp-cap1899 flasher1909 light switch1912 bayonet cap1914 light button1928 light cord1930 coiled coil1935 minuterie1955 wallwasher1966 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > direction indicator indicator1932 trafficator1933 direction indicator1937 signal1939 turn signal1949 winker1951 flasher1958 indicator lamp1961 indicator light1961 1909 Installation News 3 127 The effectiveness of the fixed pattern is greatly enhanced by the addition of a ‘flasher’. 1928 Publishers' Weekly 30 June Inset Electric flashers 7 × 11″ (loaned for special displays). 1932 Flight 1 July 613/2 A flasher is incorporated in the L.T. circuit and the beacon is usually operated on a flashing code sequence. 1944 Times 23 Aug. 5/4 A new technical term..comes from the Underground, where there are to be more thermal flashers..[i.e.] illuminated signs urging passengers to pass along the platform. 1958 Observer 17 Aug. 15/6 Triggers under the steering-wheel work the self-cancelling indicators and the headlamp flasher. 1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving ix. 97 Never take for granted..that the car..with turn-indicator flashing left is actually proposing to turn left. The driver may well have left his ‘flasher’ on many corners ago. 1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) i. iii. 16 Flasher relay, relay in which the contact units make and break with a self-determined periodicity. 1971 ‘K. Royce’ Concrete Boot iii. 36 The police closed in. They did it well. Plain cars and vans; no sirens or flashers. †3. One of the attendants on a gaming table (see quot.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc. woodpecker1608 puff1722 flasher1731 squib1731 stool-pigeon1830 roper1840 shill1916 stick1926 1731 in J. P. Malcolm Mann. & Cust. London (1808) 166 A Flasher, to swear how often the bank has been stripped. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 68 [He] had often sate a flasher at M..d..g..n's. 1797 Sporting Mag. 10 312. †4. A person of brilliant appearance or accomplishment. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > smart person a man of (the first) feather1592 pink1602 smart1709 flasher1755 swell1786 dasher1807 smarty1847 city slicker1914 Roy1960 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Flasher, a man of more appearance of wit than reality. Dict. 1779 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 380 They are reckoned the Flashers of the place,—yet every body Laughs at them, for their Airs. 1780 F. Burney Let. Apr. in Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 333 Sir John Harrington..one of the gayest writers and flashers of her reign. 5. The workman who ‘flashes’ glass (see quot. 1839). ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 582 [Glass-making] He next hands it to the flasher, who..wheels it rapidly round opposite to a powerful flame, till it assumes..finally [the figure] of a flat circular table. 6. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 876/2 Flasher..a form of steam-boiler in which small bodies of water are injected into a heated boiler and flashed into steam. 7. a. ‘A name of the lesser butcher-bird: see flusher n.² ’ (Ogilvie 1882). b. A fish ( Lobotes surinamensis). ΚΠ 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 555. 8. Cricket. (See quot. 1936.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman sticker1832 short runner1833 punisher1846 slogger1850 blocker1851 cutter1851 swiper1853 top scorer1860 stick1863 left-hander1864 smiter1878 centurion1886 driver1888 pad-player1888 poker1888 spectacle-maker1893 back-player1897 hooker1900 under-runner1903 puller1911 square cutter1920 straight driver1925 stroke-maker1927 goose-gamer1928 stroke-player1935 flasher1936 sweeper1961 tonker1977 1936 Daily Herald 24 Dec. 15/6 The latter is a left~hand batsman, but is inclined to be a ‘flasher’ (one apt to chase balls outside the off-stump). 1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 14 If the regular opening batsmen fail, I'd try Benaud, he's no more of a ‘flasher’ than Trumper. 9. slang. One who ‘flashes’ or exposes himself indecently. See flash v.¹ 13c. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity > indecent exposure > person exhibitionist1893 flasher1974 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 297/2 Meat-flashing,..exposure of the person. Hence meat-flasher = a public offender in this line.] 1974 Kingston (Ont.) News 10 Jan. 2/6 A middle aged man indecently exposed himself to a female student... There were several reports of a so-called ‘phantom flasher’ in the University..area. 1976 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling i. iii. 44 He was apparently a ‘flasher’, who had just exposed himself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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