| blanch |
to boil or scald (food) briefly, as in removing the skins of nuts and fruits or preparing fruits and vegetables for freezing. [1/5 definitions] |
| bloater |
a herring or mackerel cured by salting, smoking, and briefly drying. [1/2 definitions] |
| catnap |
to sleep briefly; doze. [1/2 definitions] |
| compendious |
briefly summarizing or abstracting all the essentials; concise but complete. |
| dip |
to drop or plunge briefly into or as if into a liquid. [2/15 definitions] |
| ephemeral |
something that lives or lasts only briefly. [1/3 definitions] |
| epitomize |
to summarize briefly. [1/2 definitions] |
| fad |
a fashion or behavior taken up briefly but enthusiastically; craze. |
| faint |
to lose consciousness, usu. briefly; swoon. [1/5 definitions] |
| flaring |
of a flame, increasing suddenly and briefly in intensity. [1/2 definitions] |
| flash |
to expose one's genitals or breasts briefly in public in order to shock others. [2/17 definitions] |
| flashcard |
any of a set of cards bearing words, numbers, or pictures, flashed briefly before a student or class to prompt a quick response in a drill. |
| glance |
to remark on or consider something briefly and in passing. [1/6 definitions] |
| gleam |
to appear suddenly or briefly. [1/5 definitions] |
| glint |
to give off flickers or small flashes of reflected light; shine briefly. [2/4 definitions] |
| in a nutshell |
in a few words; briefly. |
| indicate |
to briefly state or express. [1/3 definitions] |
| in passing |
briefly; incidentally. |
| look over |
to inspect or examine, often briefly. |
| moon |
(slang) to briefly expose one's bare buttocks, as a prank. [1/6 definitions] |
| nap1 |
to sleep briefly, esp. during daylight hours. [1/3 definitions] |