flash card

noun

: a card bearing words, numbers, or pictures that is briefly displayed (as by a teacher to a class) usually as a learning aid

Examples of flash card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The app had to have an engaging theme and include activities like flash cards and quizzes as well as a way to track daily progress. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025

How companies are adapting Chegg sells textbooks and offers a slate of digital services, such as generating flash cards and practice questions. —Ayana Archie, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025

Children who are drilled in flash cards and letter decoding may also miss out on the more essential moments of play, exploration and language. —Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025

The precursor to today’s computer vision dates back to the late 1950s, when Frank Rosenblatt, a researcher at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, unveiled his Perceptron, which programmed a camera to detect the location of a shape on a flash card. —Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flash card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard

Kids Definition

flash card

noun

: a card having words, numbers, or pictures that is held up briefly by a teacher to a class during drills (as in spelling or arithmetic)