(n.) A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
(n.) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).
(n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a TV movie in 1981, followed by a TV series, which ran from 1982 to 1988; the characters would race around New York City , running up stairs, down stairs, arresting perps, rolling their eyes at flashers, wielding guns when absolutely necessary.
(2) "Flashers" and "heavy breathers" were so much a part of the fabric of the culture that they were a running joke, part of "the dirty mac brigade" who were really to be pitied.
(3) It wouldn't apply to posting a picture of a flasher on a website to warn others.
(4) The vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority recently gained the right to a red light "with flasher" though the eight "members" of the authority will have to make do with lights "without flasher".
(5) Detailed instructions for the packing of the adsorption tube and the operation of the thermal concentrator (flasher) are given.
(6) 32:1404-1411, 1988; N. Düzgüneş, D. A. Ashtekar, D. L. Flasher, N. Ghori, R. J. Debs, D. S. Friend, and P. R. J. Gangadharam, J. Infect.
(7) He’s an unswerving non-driver: “When I was growing up in the Wairarapa we couldn’t afford a car and then I got to Wellington and didn’t need a car.” We are talking at Deluxe, the boho cafe where his fellow Conchord Bret McKenzie used to work – between the dilapidated artists’ joint the duo once shared and the “flasher” home where Clement now lives with his wife, Miranda, and son, Sophocles Iraia.
(8) The act takes a much tougher line on "flashers" and "peeping toms".
(9) The adsorbent was packed in stainless steel column of a suitable size, and the adsorbed vapours were released by heating in the flasher then analysed by gas chromatography.
(10) Observations were made of 57 drivers who approached a rural rail grade crossing in the presence of activated warning flashers signalling an approaching train.
Lasher
Definition:
(n.) One who whips or lashes.
(n.) A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.