Usually means: Sudden, intense, localized rain flooding.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word flash flood:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. flash flood: Merriam-Webster
  2. flash flood: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flash flood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flash flood: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flash flood: Vocabulary.com
  6. flash-flood: Wordnik
  7. flash flood: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. flash flood: Wiktionary
  9. flash flood: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. flash flood: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. flash flood: Dictionary.com
  12. Flash-flood, Flash flood: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. flash flood: Rhymezone
  14. flash flood: FreeDictionary.org
  15. flash flood: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. flash flood: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flash flood: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Flash flood: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See flash_flooding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flash flood)

noun:  (meteorology) A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.

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