Sekirov Dictionary

flashlight

/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 4

noun3

•
(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.
- I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.
•
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. — 1943
(no longer used) A photograph taken with a flash camera.

verb1

•
To illuminate with a flashlight.
- Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar. — 2011

forms

flashlighted · flashlit · flashlighting · flashlights

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