Meanings of flashgun in English

He did not employ a flashgun but used all the available room light.

But with film or pixels, a flashgun is a harsh and ugly thing.

Main Street was lit as if by a flashgun.

Ever thrown a set of charged batteries into a flashgun only to find them empty?

He screwed on the flashgun, checked his film supply, then moved out to the field itself.

There was a bright flash overhead, followed by a flashgun-like pop as a lightbulb sizzled and went out.

A vampire gets a job as a press photographer, but inconveniently turns to dust when his flashgun goes off.

She returned to Spector Street the following day, armed with a flashgun in addition to her tripod and high-sensitive film.

As he came abreast of Mark he turned his head, and as the flashgun went off, he was facing the camera squarely.

Gary Fong, the company behind those plastic-cup-like attachments you see atop many a photojournalist's flashguns, has come up with an iPhone 4 tripod mount.