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- [fawr, fohr fluhsh]
- /fɔr, foʊr flʌʃ/
- /fɔː(r) ˈflʌʃə /
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr, fohr fluhsh]
- /fɔr, foʊr flʌʃ/
Definitions of four-flusher word
- noun four-flusher a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer. 1
- noun four-flusher a person who bluffs or attempts to deceive 0
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Origin of four-flusher
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1900-05; four flush + -er1
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Parts of speech for Four-flusher
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
four-flusher popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% 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-flusher
noun four-flusher
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- forgery — the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
Antonyms for four-flusher
noun four-flusher
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
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