The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLASH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1955.
A brief time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLASH | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: A brief time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.Crossword Answer definitions
FLASH noun- A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography.
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- A very short amount of time.
- A flashlight; an electric torch.
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- (Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
- A form of military insignia.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- A tattoo flash.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- A newsflash.
- To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To be visible briefly.
- To make visible briefly.
- To briefly, and often unintentionally, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)
- To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.
- To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
- To communicate quickly.
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- (of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- (glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- To send by some startling or sudden means.
- To burst out into violence.
- To perform a flash.
- To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- To trick up in a showy manner.
- To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
- Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
- (of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
- (of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
- Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
- Relating to thieves and vagabonds.
- A pool.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
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