The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FLASHED which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2001.
Emulated a firefly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLASHED | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Emulated a firefly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bioluminescence
- glow
- beetle
- fly
- role
- ant
- antelope
- bee
- bird
- box
- coyote
- crane
Crossword Answer definitions
FLASHED verb- 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.
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