- flashing (adj.)
[flashing 词源字典]
- 1540s, of light; present participle adjective from flash (v.).[flashing etymology, flashing origin, 英语词源]
- flashing (n.)
- 1791, "act of creating an artificial flood," verbal noun from flash (v.); also compare flash (n.2)). Meaning "indecent exposure" is by 1968 (see flasher). The meaning "strip of metal used in roofing, etc." is from 1782, earlier simply flash (1570s), but the sense connection is unclear and it might be an unrelated word.