aflash

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ flash. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈflæʃ/ === Adjective === aflash (not comparable) Flashing. 1980, Don DeLillo (as Cleo Birdwell), Amazons, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Part 2, Chapter 8, pp. 171-172,[3] He stroked his small, dark, squarish jaw, and lit up a cigarette, although the no smoking light had been aflash for at least fifteen minutes.