Dictionary Definition
flasher
Noun
1 someone with a compulsive desire to expose the
genitals [syn: exhibitionist]
2 an electrical device that automatically turns a
lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)
3 a light that flashes on and off; used as a
signal or to send messages [syn: blinker]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
Synonyms
- (person who exposes his genitals indecently): exhibitionist
Translations
anything that flashes
a person who exposes his genitals indecently
- Finnish: viuhahtaja, itsensäpaljastaja
French
Etymology
From to flash.Verb
flasher- to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off)
- to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography)
- to flash (of a vehicle, to be caught on camera speeding)
Conjugation
Extensive Definition
Flasher has multiple meanings:
- A person who displays their body in a form of indecent exposure (flashing genitals, breasts, buttocks, etc.)
- Another name for a vehicle's turn signal
- A species of fish in the Lobotidae family
- Flasher (SS-249), a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and stricken in 1959.
- Flasher (SSN-613), a Permit-class submarine, commissioned in 1966 and struck in 1992.
- A shiny object or collection of shiny objects, suspended in the water column by spearfishers to attract game fish.
- A person who creates computer animations using Adobe Flash
- MC Flasher - Slovenian / Canadian electronic music artist, founder of the Final Flash City festival.