flashbulb
nounUS /ˈflæʃbʌlb/
Etymology From flash + bulb.
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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography Historical A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
- When Christine Jorgensen's plane touched down carrying her home from Denmark […] 300 reporters surged forwards, shouting questions as flash bulbs popped.2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World:
- Derived terms
- flashbulb memory, flashbulb moment
- Related terms
- flashgun