TO FLASH IN THE PAN

Definition: TO FLASH IN THE PAN

TO FLASH IN THE PAN

1. To fail of success. [Colloq.] See under Flash , a burst of light. --Bartlett. Syn: Flash , Glitter , Gleam , Glisten , Glister . Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: TO FLASH IN THE PAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-h-h-i-l-n-n-o-p-s-t-t"
	-4 letters: antileptons, antiphonals, lithophanes, pentathlons, plantations, thiopentals.
	-5 letters: anthelions, antilepton, antiphonal, asphaltite, halothanes, lithophane, nonspatial, pantalones, pentathlon, planations, plantation, potentials, thiopental.
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