flashlight

== English == === Etymology === From flash +‎ light. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/ Rhymes: -æʃlaɪt === Noun === flashlight (plural flashlights) (Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source. Synonym: (Commonwealth) torch Hyponym: pocket light A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography). (obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: plaslayt → Tagalog: plaslayt → Tausug: plaslayt ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flashlight (third-person singular simple present flashlights, present participle flashlighting, simple past and past participle flashlit or flashlighted) (transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight. === See also ===