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# flashy

«flashy» in Mova's school dictionary: **bright, shiny or showy, made to attract attention, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (flashy, flashier, flashiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flashy means bright, shiny or showy, made to attract attention, often in a way that seems too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#m1)

2) Flashy can describe someone who likes to show off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a flashy car, flashy clothes or a flashy move in sport catches the eye. In stories it can hint that someone is showing off or that the thing is more show than quality. Phrases: «a flashy car», «flashy clothes», «nothing flashy».

### examples

- He drove a flashy red sports car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x1)
- She wore flashy gold shoes to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x2)
- The footballer did a flashy trick but lost the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x3)
- The advert was flashy, but the toy was cheap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x4)
- I prefer a plain bike to a flashy one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x5)
- The flashy lights of the fair lit up the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x6)
- Don't be flashy; just play the simple pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/#x7)

### note

Spelling: flashier, flashiest (y to i). Usually a bit negative, unlike «bright» or «beautiful». Flashy packaging does not mean better quality.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flashy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flashy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.