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Flashgun

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A dry-cell powered photographic apparatus that holds and electrically triggers a flashbulb. Also called flash unit.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb

n. Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

Word Usage

"Given his newspaper work, his studio business and his commercial assignments, Teenie was everywhere, shooting everyone, dashing in with his flashgun to take his one shot and dashing off to his next job."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

photographic equipment lamp

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

flash photoflash flash lamp flashbulb