straight flush

American  

noun

Poker.

1. a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.

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straight flush British  

noun

1. (in poker) five consecutive cards of the same suit

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Etymology

Origin of straight flush

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

After the flop — the first three communal cards — Adelstein had a straight flush draw, a hand with a lot of potential to win.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

There are 2,598,960 possible hands in five-card draw, only 36 of which beat the lowest straight flush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 30, 2018

Every year, he picks up the cards from the table, looks them over and somehow turns them into a straight flush.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2017

“Ace? My programme is a straight flush, hombre,” Laporta replies.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2015

You may be a guy like Hector Sells, which started life with a straight flush, and played it like it was a pair of deuces.

From Alex the Great by Brown, Arthur William