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- [fawr-fluhsh-er, fohr-]
- /ˈfɔrˌflʌʃ ər, ˈfoʊr-/
- /ˈfɔːˈflʌʃə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-fluhsh-er, fohr-]
- /ˈfɔrˌflʌʃ ər, ˈfoʊr-/
Definitions of fourflusher word
- noun fourflusher a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer. 1
- noun fourflusher A cheat; a charlatan. 0
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Origin of fourflusher
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 Fourflusher
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fourflusher 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 68% 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.
fourflusher usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fourflusher
noun fourflusher
- 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 fourflusher
noun fourflusher
- 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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