Flushes — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Meaning & Definition of Flushes

Flushes (verb)

1. to fly away suddenly
2. to cause (a bird) to flush
3. to expose or chase from a place of concealment
4. to flow and spread suddenly and freely
5. to glow brightly
6. blush
7. to make flush
8. to bluff in poker holding a four flush; broadly, to make a false claim, bluff

Flushes (noun)

1. a hand of playing cards all of the same suit; specifically, a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence
2. a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope
3. a sudden flow (as of water); also, a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water
4. a sudden increase or expansion; especially, sudden and usually abundant new plant growth
5. a surge of emotion
6. four cards of the same suit in a 5-card poker hand
7. a straight flush having an ace as the highest card
8. a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit in sequence