hot flash

noun

: a sudden brief flushing and sensation of heat caused by dilation of skin capillaries usually associated with menopausal endocrine imbalance

called also hot flush

Examples of hot flash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dehydration during hot flashes concentrates sweat and intensifies its smell. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

As levels drop, the body becomes less efficient at cooling itself, triggering more frequent hot flashes and sweating that mixes with skin bacteria to produce stronger or unfamiliar smells. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Estrogen helps regulate body temperature, and as levels fall, the body cools itself less efficiently, meaning more hot flashes, more sweat and more opportunity for odor to develop, Dove explains. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Age at menopause and symptoms, such as hot flashes or sleep disturbances, were also largely missing from the medical records and survey. — Audrey Hendricks, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot flash

• backlash
• chumash
• eyelash
• moustache
• mustache
• noncash
• potash
• rehash
• whiplash
• ash
• bash
• brash

Medical Definition

hot flash

noun

: a sudden brief flushing and sensation of heat caused by dilation of skin capillaries usually associated with menopausal endocrine imbalance

called also hot flush