four flush

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

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism

Dictionary.com Unabridged

four-flush

[fawr-fluhsh, fohr-]
verb (used without object)
1.
to bluff.
2.
Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To four flush
00:10
Four flush is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Collins
World English Dictionary
four flush
 
n
1.  a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card
 
vb
2.  to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush
3.  (US), (Canadian) a slang word for bluff

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Example sentences
There are four flush double toilet buildings and pressurized water spigots spread all over the campground.
There are four flush double toilet buildings and pressurized water spigots spread over the campground.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT