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English Dictionary: flashy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flashy
adj
  1. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
    Synonym(s): brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
  2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
    Synonym(s): flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flashy \Flash"y\, a.
      1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of
            brilliancy; transitorily bright.
  
                     A little flashy and transient pleasure. --Barrow.
  
      2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous.
  
                     A temper always flashy.                     --Burke.
  
      3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.
  
      4. Without taste or spirit.
  
                     Lean and flashy songs.                        --Milton.
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