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four-flush

four-flush
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fawr, fohr fluhsh]
    • /fɔr, foʊr flʌʃ/
    • /fɔː(r) flʌʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr, fohr fluhsh]
    • /fɔr, foʊr flʌʃ/

Definitions of four-flush word

  • verb without object four-flush to bluff. 1
  • verb without object four-flush Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush. 1
  • noun four-flush a hand having four cards of one suit and one card of another suit; an imperfect flush. 1

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Origin of four-flush

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1895-1900

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Four-flush

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

four-flush popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for four-flush

verb four-flush

  • pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
  • feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
  • dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.

Antonyms for four-flush

verb four-flush

  • disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • divulge — to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • unmask — to strip a mask or disguise from.
  • let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.

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