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flashlight

[ flash-lahyt ]

noun

  1. alsocalledcomma especially British, torch. a small, portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries, LEDs, or a tiny generator.
  2. a light that flashes, such as a lighthouse beacon.
  3. any source of artificial light as used in flash photography.


flashlight

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noun

  1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)torch
  2. photog the brief bright light emitted by an electronic flash unit Sometimes shortened toflash
  3. a light that flashes, used for signalling, in a lighthouse, etc
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Origin of flashlight1

First recorded in 1885–90; flash + light 1
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Gardner and his family had evacuated to La Crescenta, packing up a few clothes, their passports and some artwork by flashlight before locking up.

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Cinematographer Michael Cambio Fernandez cuts through the darkness like Caravaggio, using flashlights and headlights to pull people out of the void and into the bright.

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Videos shared on social media also showed metro passengers using their mobile phones' flashlights to find their way out of dark stations.

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Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a flashlight at you on a dark night.

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Lohmann said sometimes residents flagged him down, blinking their flashlights to summon his help evacuating elderly relatives.

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