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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It was after experiencing a hot flush in her car later that same year that Debbie had the idea for a portable device that could keep women cool.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023

It was in 2019 when Debbie Dickinson experienced her first hot flush.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023

And the biological experience of womanhood, from first period to menopausal hot flush, still matters intensely to feminists because for so long it was the instrument of their oppression.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2018

Her hot flush was so bad, it steam-cleaned my carpet.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2015

“Sorry,” he said, a hot flush rising to his cheeks.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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