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flushEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flushEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Same as Etymology 3, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flushEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Probably from Etymology 1, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flushEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Various similar terms are found in dialectal English and Scots as flash and flosh (older Scots flosche), and the variation goes back to Middle English flushe, flosche, flashe, flaske. The DSL suggests a relation between flush, English flash (“pool”), and Middle English flosche, but influence from other water-related senses of flush and flash is also conceivable.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flushEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably from Middle French flus (“flow”), cognate with flux.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- FlushEnglish · e-38538-1886
Flush, flush, n. a flow of blood to the face causing redness: sudden impulse: bloom, freshness, vigour: abundance.—v.i. to become red in the face: to flow swiftly.—v.t. to make red in the face: to cleanse by a copious fl
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Flush, flush, v.i. to start up like an alarmed bird.—v.t. to rouse and cause to start off.—n. the act of starting: (Spens.) a bird, or a flock of birds so started. [Prob. onomatopœic; suggested by fly, flutter, and rush.
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Flush, flush, v.t. to make even: to fill up to the level of a surface (often with up).—adj. having the surface level with the adjacent surface. [Prob. related to flush above.]
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Flush, flush, n. in card-playing, a hand in which all the cards or a specified number are of the same suit.—adj. in poker, consisting of cards all of the same suit.—Straight, or Royal, flush, in poker, a sequence of five
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