flashtube

or flash tube

[ flash-toob, -tyoob ]

noun

, Photography.

1. electronic flash.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flashtube¹

First recorded in 1940–45; flash + tube

Example Sentences

Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, are a couple whose bond was forged in the crucible of a paparazzo’s flashtube.

From The New Yorker