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noun Poker.

a hand having four cards of one suit and one card of another suit; an imperfect flush.

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Origin of four flush

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby four flush

Fourdrinier, four-eyed, four-eyed fish, four-eyed opossum, four-eyes, four flush, fourflusher, fourfold, fourfold block, fourfold purchase, four-footed

Other definitions for four flush (2 of 2)

four-flush

[ fawr-fluhsh, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌflʌʃ, ˈfoʊr- /

verb (used without object)

to bluff.

Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.

Origin of four-flush

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

How to use four flush in a sentence

There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.
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Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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The injunction, she argued, only applies to these four plaintiffs—not to anyone else.
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Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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British Dictionary definitions for four flush

four flush

noun

a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card

verb four-flush (intr)

to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush

US and Canadian a slang word for bluff 1

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four flush

Origin of four flush

Words nearby four flush

Other definitions for four flush (2 of 2)

Origin of four-flush

Words related to four flush

How to use four flush in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for four flush