flash up

verb

To appear suddenly on a screen.

“The word "ERROR" flashed up on the monitor, accompanied by a beeping sound.”

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Meanings

verbflash up (third-person singular simple present flashes up, present participle flashing up, simple past and past participle flashed up)

present singular third person flashes up · participle present flashing up · participle past flashed up · past flashed up

  1. intransitiveTo appear suddenly on a screen.

    The word "ERROR" flashed up on the monitor, accompanied by a beeping sound.

    1 more example

    The minutes ticked by - nine, eight, seven. The screens behind both goals flashed up images of Scotland fans and their 1000-yard stares. Six minutes to play and Frantzdy Pierrot rises above Grant Hanley and nuts one just wide.

    2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

flash up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flash%20up

MLA

“flash up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flash%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flash up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flash%20up.

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