Crossword clues for flashlight
flashlight
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
flashlight \flash"light`\ n. a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a torch
Syn: torch.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also flash-light, 1886, "on-and-off signal light in a light-house, etc.," from flash (v.) + light (n.). As the word for a photographer's light-emitting preparation, 1892 (flash-lamp in this sense is by 1890). From 1905 as as a handheld, pocket-sized electric illumination device, the American English word for what the British might call an electric torch.
Wiktionary
n. (context US Canada English) A battery-powered hand-held lightsource.
WordNet
n. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn: torch]
Wikipedia
A flashlight (often called a torch outside North America) is a portable hand-held electric light. Usually, the source of the light is a small incandescent light bulb or light-emitting diode (LED). A typical flashlight consists of a light bulb mounted in a reflector, a transparent cover (sometimes combined with a lens) to protect the light source and reflector, a battery, and a switch. These are supported and protected by a case.
The invention of the dry cell and miniature incandescent electric light bulbs made the first battery-powered flashlights possible around 1899. Today flashlights use mostly incandescent lamps or light-emitting diodes and run on disposable or rechargeable batteries. Some are powered by the user turning a crank or shaking the lamp, and some have solar panels to recharge a battery.
In addition to the general-purpose hand-held flashlight, many forms have been adapted for special uses. Head or helmet-mounted flashlights designed for miners and campers leave the hands free. Some flashlights can be used underwater or in flammable atmospheres.
A flashlight is a portable self-contained electric spotlight, also known as a torch.
Flashlight or flash light or Flash Light may also refer to:
- Flash (photography), or the flashlight, a device used for instantaneous illumination during picture taking
- Flashlight fish (disambiguation), a common name for several fishes
- The photophore, beside the eye of certain fish
- Yakovlev Yak-25, a Soviet military jet which NATO designates as "Flashlight"
- Yakovlev Yak-27, NATO designation "Flashlight-C"
- The Flashlight, a 1917 silent film starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
"Flashlight" is a 2014 single by Dutch DJ R3hab and Mexican-American DJ Deorro and became popular in European night venues and appeared in a great number of dance compilations in 2014.
The song charted in Belgium Flemish charts. A trap remix by Atik was released in July.
"Flashlight" is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding featuring production work from DJ Fresh, released as the fourth single from Fresh's forthcoming fourth studio album. It was released on 28 September 2014 in the United Kingdom as a single, although it was previously out on Goulding's album from 2013. The song features English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding and also included as one of the tracks on Goulding's Halcyon Days (2013), the reissue of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). The Invisible Men assisted the artists in writing the song.
"Flashlight" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Jessie J for the soundtrack to the film Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). The song was written by Sia Furler, Christian Guzman, Jason Moore and Sam Smith. The song was originally obtained when one pre-ordered the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack in the United States, beginning on 23 April 2015; it later became available for download on its own. "Flashlight" was released in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2015 both on the soundtrack and as a stand-alone single. "Flashlight" was particularly successful in Australia, peaking at number two, and number seven in New Zealand.
Usage examples of "flashlight".
Everything he could think of that might help or amuse the Aucas, should they pay the men a visit, Jim put into the bag: harmonica, snakebite kit, flashlight, View-Master with picture reels, yo-yo, and, above all, the precious notebook of Auca language material, with the carefully arranged morphology file.
Then, satisfied that he was uncrippled, The Shadow produced his little flashlight and found the automatics that he had released in his fall.
Moving through the trees they soon reached the path that led to Beaverwood and began their probe, Margo using a flashlight of her own.
Carefully sidestepping the glove, she continued on toward Beaverwood, flicking her flashlight left and right.
Resting the flashlight so its glow showed the billhead, The Shadow filled it out as follows: To Mr.
The trunks contained field space suits, battery packs, rubber gloves, surgical scrub suits, syringes, needles, drugs, dissection tools, flashlights, one or two human surgery packs, blunt scissors, sample bags, plastic bottles, pickling preservatives, biohazard bags marked with red flowers, and hand-pumped garden sprayers for spraying beach on space suits and objects that needed to be decontaminated.
Examining the ground carefully with the help of his flashlight, he was able to identify and follow a faintly visible path, winding downhill among rocks, blackbrush, and prickly pear.
The catalyzer is analogous to the flashlight an oculist shines in your eye, testing, not destroying vision.
I peeked into my survival vest as Phil chatted with one of the crew chiefs, and began to pull out all sorts of interesting items bullets, fishhooks, flashlights, strobe lights, tracers, whistles, and signaling mirrors.
Quickly, she searched the desk with her magnifying glass and flashlight, looking for nicks or chips that might have marred the chinoiserie veneer.
They finally got up, made their way down to the Clackamas River by flashlight, and gave the dog a drink of water.
He brushed his teeth, and, feeling clearheaded and more stable, he slung a Nikon with an attached flash over his shoulder, picked up and tested a flashlight and walked aft, out onto the stern.
He set the flashlight on the counter, pulled off his gloves, hat, and earmuffs, and scooted the phone into the beam of light.
He splashed the brilliant ray of his huge five-celled flashlight over the enciphering square.
His orange backpack held a tent and rain fly, food and water, extra clothes and rain gear, backpack stove and fuel, mess gear and first-aid kit, rope, flashlight, insect repellent, a Fiberfill sleeping bag and ground cloth, foam pad, and an assortment of other trail necessities.