FLARE

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1580 1. a fire or blaze of light used especially to signal, illuminate, or attract attention, an unsteady glaring light, solar ~ , 3. a sudden outburst (as of excitement or anger), ~-up 3, 4. a spreading outward, an area of skin flush, light resulting from reflection (as between lens surfaces) or an effect of this light (as a fogged or dense area in a photographic negative), 6. a short pass in football thrown to a back who is running toward the sideline, a weakly hit fly ball in baseball , pants that ~ toward the bottom, II. verb (~d; flaring) Date: 1616 intransitive verb 1. to burn with an unsteady flame, to stream in the wind, 2. to shine with a sudden light , b. to become suddenly excited or angry, to break out or intensify usually suddenly or violently, to express strong emotion (as anger) , to open or spread outward , transitive verb to display conspicuously , to cause to ~ , to signal with a ~ or by flaring, to burn (a jet of waste gas) in the open air