matchflare

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noun

The flaring of a lit match.

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Meanings

nounmatchflare (plural matchflares)

plural matchflares

  1. The flaring of a lit match.

    I am a matchflare / you are another / Together / for an instant / we pierce the surrounding / dark

    1979, Irving Layton, Droppings from Heaven
    1 more example

    In the next matchflare I saw names carved into a dry section over my head: Vivian, David, Robert, Mel.

    2000, Anthony Lawrence, In the Half Light

Origin

From match + flare.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“matchflare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matchflare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matchflare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matchflare.

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