outflashn.
/ˈaʊtflaʃ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌflæʃ/ rare.
An outburst; an outbreak.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of
outbreakinga1387
breaking-out1552
outbreak1562
eruption1598
storm1602
out-breach1609
fulmination1623
outflying1641
outburst1657
float1763
overboiling1767
irruption1811
gush1821
outflash1831
outflush1834
shooting forth1837
outbursting1838
blow-off1842
outblaze1843
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spurt1859
outlash1868
spitfire1886
Brock's benefit1948
1831 Ld. Tennyson Sonnet in Englishman's Mag. Aug. 591 Check every outflash, every rude sally Of thought and speech.
1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 61 The outflash of his spirit did not die with the moment.
a1962 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1991) III. 390 The Monterey newspaper With headlines about the outflash of war in Asia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
outflashv.
/ˌaʊtˈflaʃ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈflæʃ/ 1. transitive. To surpass in brilliance, outshine.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (transitive)] > emit (light, etc.) with a flash > more than
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1833 R. Browning Pauline 59 Do I not..burn to see thy calm, pure truths out-flash The brightest gleams of earth's philosophy.
1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven I. v. 33 The calm sad face, which in the day of battle could outflash them all.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 210 A pretty box of Pettyfib's Powder for Eileen Aruna to whiten her teeth and outflash Helen Arhone.
1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 30 July 15 This new print of the classic Hollywood adventure film has sword-play which outflashes any of today's hi-tech US fare.
2. intransitive. To flash out.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > flash
lash13..
gliffa1400
flashc1540
wink1605
flush1646
bicker1667
outflasha1856
strobe1977
a1856 J. G. Percival Poet. Wks. (1859) I. 321 Around it flows A wandering river, hidden now beneath Its willows, now outflashing like a gush From the tapped furnace.
1866 J. Thomson Philos. in Poems i. ii Flowers bloomed for maidens, swords outflashed for boys.
1912 A. P. Graves Welsh Poetry 65 Underneath my ash, With eyes elate behold The heavenly hues outflash Through gates of sunset gold.
1985 J. Merrill Late Settings iii. 83 The look outflashing from his brass and khaki.
Derivatives
ˈoutˌflashing n.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > flash > action of flashing
levininga1300
brandishing1552
flashing1574
outflashing1834
winking1908
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. i, in Fraser's Mag. June 665/1 Such first outflashing of man's Freewill, to lighten, more and more into Day.
1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea v. 44 A sudden answering smile..born of no external effort or motive, but simply the outflashing of a hidden personality, rare and fine and sweet.
a1924 M. Ghose Adam Alarmed in Paradise iii. vii, in Coll. Poems (1970) 388 Though with blind out-flashing Oft old instinct's fool, Reason slow abashing He is put to school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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