flashy

adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish

colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a

meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

[syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},

{loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]

2: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

[syn: {gaudy}, {jazzy}, {showy}, {sporty}]

Flash

(Or "Shockwave Flash") A file

format for delivering {interactive} {vector graphics} and

animation on the {World-Wide Web}, developed by {Macromedia}.

{Home (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/)}.

(1998-07-07)