noun (n)

• a short vivid experience(noun.event)

  Example:
  The flashings of pain were a warning.
  

  Synonym:
  flash
  

  source: wordnet30
• sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.(noun)

  source: webster1913