Flushing
noun
a seaport on Walcheren Island, in the SW Netherlands.
Flushing
American
[fluhsh-ing]
/ ˈflʌʃ ɪŋ /
noun
Flushing
1
British
/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /
noun
flushing
2
British
/ ˈflʌʃɪŋ /
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Raducanu played with an aggressive fearlessness during that unforgettable run at Flushing Meadows, taking returns early and hustling her opponents as she did not drop a set.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Then, Draper had just reached the Flushing Meadows semi-finals.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Last year Medvedev lost in the Australian Open second round to 19-year-old Learner Tien over five gruelling sets, before going out in the first round at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Roman Aminov, an attorney based in Flushing, N.Y., says he has probated wills belonging to someone who had died more than 25 years before.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
A little before three the Lutheran minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
It said some 500 homes and businesses had been affected and water could only be used for flushing toilets - warning that boiling the contaminated water would not make it safe for other uses.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Colonel Cathcart, flushing with embarrassment, abandoned all further argument.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
