Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hand in which all the cards are of the same suit but not in numerical sequence, ranked above a straight and below a full house in poker.
- intransitive verb To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
- intransitive verb To drive or force into the open.
- intransitive verb To dart out or fly from cover.
- noun A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.
- intransitive verb To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
- intransitive verb To glow, especially with a reddish color.
- intransitive verb To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
- intransitive verb To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet.
- intransitive verb To cause to redden or glow.
- intransitive verb To excite or elate.
- intransitive verb To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water.
- intransitive verb To drive away with a rapid flow of a liquid.
- intransitive verb To remove or eliminate.
- noun A flooding flow or rush, as of water.
- noun The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing.
- noun A blush or glow.
- noun A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion.
- noun A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body.
- noun A rush of strong feeling.
- noun A state of great vigor or development. synonym: bloom.
- adjective Having a healthy reddish color; flushed.
- adjective Having an abundant supply of something, especially money.
- adjective Marked by abundance; plentiful.
- adjective Having surfaces in the same plane; even.
- adjective Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: synonym: level.
- adjective Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented.
- adjective Direct, straightforward, or solid.
- adjective Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing.
- adverb So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin.
- adverb Squarely or solidly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To encourage; elate; excite the spirits of; animate with joy: originally the same as
flesh . - noun In tea-growing, a fresh growth of shoots with leaves fit for picking.
- Hot and heavy: said of the weather or the atmosphere.
- In full bloom; in vigorous growth or condition.
- To become suffused with color, as the face or the sky; redden; blush; glow.
- To make suddenly red; suffuse with color; redden; cause to blush; cause to ***ow; color.
- noun A piece of moist ground; a place where water frequently lies; a morass.
- noun A run of water.
- noun An increase of water in a river.
- noun Snow in a state of dissolution; slush.
- To fly out suddenly, as a bird when disturbed: start up or fly off.
- In sporting, to rouse and cause to start up or fly off; spring: as, to
flush a woodcock; to flush a covey; to flush the trout. - To make flush or level.
- In weaving, to throw on the surface over several threads without intersecting, as in twilling, or forming tissue figures.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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V. iv.8 (394,4) the time is flush] A bird is _flush_ when his feathers are grown, and he can leave the nest.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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After the full house, the flush is the highest hand in the poker hands order.
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Ranked below the flush is the straight, which consists of five cards in rank sequence but now having the same suit.
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He said his department has also installed nine fire hydrants, or what he called flush plugs, recently.
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He said his department has also installed nine fire hydrants, or what he called flush plugs, recently.
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He said his department has also installed nine fire hydrants, or what he called flush plugs, recently.
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He said his department has also installed nine fire hydrants, or what he called flush plugs, recently.
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We have a word flush, meaning a rush of blood to the skin.
Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1903
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It is a hard-edged, hard-nosed, hard-boiled, in-your-face and deeply profane concept, and any approach contrary to that will once again flush film 1's legacy of emotional truth into the sewer of mediocrity, sealing the property away - perhaps forever - in the caverns of the untouchable.
Robocop Screenwriter Says Darren Aronofsky is Still Attached | /Film 2010
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Hounds are always sniffing around after scents, but what they flush is not always what they think it is.
May 14th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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For the uninitiated, a courtesy flush is when you flush halfway through your "go." The thinking is that it helps get rid of odors before they build up.
People are finally discussing the secret etiquette of pooping at someone else's house Evan Porter 2025
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The courtesy flush is an attempt to bring a heightened level of civility to public restrooms. The premise is simple. If one is inclined to linger on the commode after defecating for the purpose of reading, reflecting, or any other pursuit not directly pursuant to pooping, he or she would resolve to flush the commode seconds after jettisoning his or her final scat, and once again before leaving, in order to remove any used toilet paper, etc.
Off The Wall: To Courtesy Flush, or Not Shari 2025
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My dad was a plumber and yes you need a courtesy flush. It’s all fun and games until you clog the toilet.
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For the uninitiated, a courtesy flush is when you flush halfway through your "go." The thinking is that it helps get rid of odors before they build up.
People are finally discussing the secret etiquette of pooping at someone else's house Evan Porter 2025
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My dad was a plumber and yes you need a courtesy flush. It’s all fun and games until you clog the toilet.
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The courtesy flush is an attempt to bring a heightened level of civility to public restrooms. The premise is simple. If one is inclined to linger on the commode after defecating for the purpose of reading, reflecting, or any other pursuit not directly pursuant to pooping, he or she would resolve to flush the commode seconds after jettisoning his or her final scat, and once again before leaving, in order to remove any used toilet paper, etc.
Off The Wall: To Courtesy Flush, or Not Shari 2025
yarb commented on the word flush
The poor lad was not too flush of ready money.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 5 ch. 1
September 19, 2008
oroboros commented on the word flush
Yeah, he was sporting lint!
June 15, 2011