Webster's English Dictionary

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flashlight

flash.light \'flash-.li-t\ n 1: a flash of light or a light that flashes; 
   esp : a scintillating  light or a light of regularly varying brightness in 
   a lighthouse 2a: a sudden bright artificial light used in taking 
   photographic pictures  2b: a photograph taken by such a light  3: a small 
   battery-operated portable electric light