hot flush

British

noun

a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause

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A hot flush shoots up my neck.

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A hot flush of anger runs up my neck, blooming on my cheeks.

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What does a hot flush feel like?

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Hot Flush will follow a group of menopausal women from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, who form a punk band to enter a talent contest.

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Hot Flush is Wainwright's homage to 1970s drama Rock Follies and sequel Rock Follies of '77, which followed a rock band called the Little Ladies, and which inspired Wainwright to become a writer when she was 13.

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