different between lasher vs flasher

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ??(r)/
• Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Etymology 1

lash +? -er

Noun

lasher (plural lashers)

1. One who whips or lashes.
2. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.

Synonyms

• (rope for binding): lashing

Etymology 2

lash +? -er; see lash (“slack”).

Noun

lasher (plural lashers)

1. (Britain) A weir in a river.
   • 1869, Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why

     There is Basildon - and Hurley - and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher

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Anagrams

• Hasler, ashler, halers, halser, harles, hersal

English

Etymology

flash +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Noun

flasher (plural flashers)

1. Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
2. (automotive) An indicator or turn signal.
3. (obsolete) Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
   • 1795, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana, 17 March:

     Mr Yorke of D'Affrenalli has been introduced to me as a Wit & a Flasher: it was supposed that we were to admire one another's Abilities,—but I fancy the Project failed on both Sides […] .

4. (slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.

Synonyms

• (person): exhibitionist

Translations

Anagrams

• halfers, reflash

French

Etymology

From English flash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.?e/

Verb

flasher

1. to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off)
2. to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography)
3. to flash (of a vehicle, to be caught on camera speeding)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “flasher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).