วาบ(wâap)

Meanings

1NounB2

flash; flicker; surge

A sudden, brief flash or surge, as of light, heat, pain, or emotion.

Examples

ฟ้าแลบfáa lâepฟ้าแลบfáa lâeplightning flashวาบwâapวาบwâap1flash; flicker; surge2[to] flash; flicker; surge briefly3sudden; flash-likeในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]มืดmêuutมืดmêuut1dark; lacking light2late; after dark3[to] get dark; become dark4gloomy; obscure (figurative)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyหันไปhăn bpaiหันไปhăn bpai1[to] turn (physically) toward another direction2[to] turn to; switch to; shift toward (fig.)มองmongมองmong1[to] watch; observe2[to] view; regard; consider3[to] look atท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavens
Lightning flashed briefly in the dark night, making everyone look up at the sky.
2VerbB2

[to] flash; flicker; surge briefly

To appear, pass, or flare up suddenly and briefly, like a flash of light or a quick wave of sensation or feeling.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyไฟfaiไฟfai1fire; flame2electricity; power3light (from a lamp)4signal light; indicator5anger; passion (figurative)ติดdtìtติดdtìt1[to] stick; attach; fasten2[to] be stuck; be attached; adhere3[to] catch; pick up (disease/odor/habit)4close to; adjacent; touching; contiguous5[to] follow closely; tailgate6owing; unpaid; in arrears; behind on7busy; occupied; engaged (line/seat/room)8[to] connect; turn on; switch to; tune to9[to] apply; put on; stick on10addicted to; hooked on; attached toแสงsăengแสงsăeng1light2ray; beam3illumination; lighting4glow; radianceก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerวาบwâapวาบwâap1flash; flicker; surge2[to] flash; flicker; surge briefly3sudden; flash-likeขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearสว่างsà-wàangสว่างsà-wàang1[to] become bright; be illuminated2clear; evident (figurative)3bright; well-litไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)มืดลงmêut longมืดลงmêut long[to] get dark; [to] darkenทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as the light caught, it flared up and lit the whole room, then went dark immediately.
3AdjectiveB2

sudden; flash-like

Used as an adjective or adverbial modifier to describe something happening suddenly or in a flash (e.g., เจ็บวาบ ‘a sharp sudden pain’).

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเดินชนdern chonเดินชนdern chon[to] bump into [sb/sth] while walkingขอบkòpขอบkòp1edge; rim; border2margin (of a page or surface)3brim (hat or container)4lip (of a container or opening)5borderline; periphery (figurative)โต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)เจ็บjèpเจ็บjèp1sore; painful2[to] hurt; be in pain3hurt (emotionally)4injuredวาบwâapวาบwâap1flash; flicker; surge2[to] flash; flicker; surge briefly3sudden; flash-likeที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเข่าkàoเข่าkàoknee
As soon as I bumped into the table edge, I felt a sudden sharp pain in my knee.

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