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  Flushing

  noun

  a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands.
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  flushing

  noun

  an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage

Flushing

American  

[fluhsh-ing] / ˈflʌʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. Dutch Vlissingen.  a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands.

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Flushing ¹ British  

/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /

noun

1. Dutch name: Vlissingen.  a port in the SW Netherlands, in Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the West Scheldt river: the first Dutch city to throw off Spanish rule (1572). Pop: 45 000 (2003 est)

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flushing ² British  

/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /

noun

1. an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage

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In his absence, Germany's Zverev will be the top seed at Flushing Meadows, ahead of Alcaraz and Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

We lived in the house of her brother Larry in Flushing, Queens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Then, Draper had just reached the Flushing Meadows semi-finals.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

The 2021 winner at Flushing Meadows begins her Melbourne campaign in the last match of the first day on Margaret Court Arena, following a men's clash.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Will she seem as dull as she did in Flushing?

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Unfortunately, I seem to be flushing my money away on this problem — or at least that appears to be what the plumbing company would like me to do.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The kind of contraction generated by walking moves cerebrospinal fluid out of the brain, leading Drew to hypothesize that the mechanism plays an important role in flushing out excess proteins and other unnecessary material.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

The act of flushing can be a bigger concern than sitting.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

"We need to stop flushing crop and tree-growing nutrients down the loo, and start using them to increase our fertiliser security. After all, we're not about to run out of urine any time soon."

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

She heard a whooshing, like the sound of a defective heart — someone flushing the toilet.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen