hot flash

noun

Synonym of hot flush.

Meanings

nounhot flash (plural hot flashes)

plural hot flashes · alternative hotflash · alternative hot-flash

  1. CanadaUSSynonym of hot flush.

    Wooh! I am getting positively warm thinking about that. Oh, wait. Maybe it's a hot flash. Or the fact that it's ninety-leven degrees in my corner of Atlanta.

    2007 August 9, Kathy Hogan Trocheck, "Don't Know Jack about Jane", Mary Kate Andrews

    Synonyms: hot flush

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of hot flush.

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nounsudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

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

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

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