Definition of "outflash" [outflash]

• To outshine; excel in brilliancy.
• To flash out.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The two sites have been head to head in terms of unique visitors for years, with a slight lead for holiday campaign proved to "outflash" Snapfish, magnetizing almost double the users to its holiday, gifts and cards sections on the site."
• "She had turned upon him swiftly with an outflash of the playful daring which had been one of his major fetterings in time past -- the ecstatic little charm that goes with quick repartee and instant and sympathetic apprehension."
• "Clearly, as on that evening, we shall always see, distinct in the quiet light of the afterglow, the ranks of serious faces, touched and stilled by the surprise of a contagious sympathy, as English boys and Welsh cottagers looked each other in the face, and felt, if for the space of a few heartbeats only, an outflash of that ancient kinship which binds man and man together more than race and circumstance divide."