FLUSHER - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Example: an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed aristocrats; wealthy corporations; a substantial family

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Example: he heard the flush of a toilet; there was a little gush of blood; she attacked him with an outpouring of words

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

the swift release of a store of affective force

Example: they got a great bang out of it; what a boot!; he got a quick rush from injecting heroin; he does it for kicks

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adverb

squarely or solidly

Example: hit him flush in the face

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Adverb

in the same plane

Example: set it flush with the top of the table

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Example: The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

make level or straight

Example: level the ground

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

Example: the sky flushed with rosy splendor

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

Example: flush the meadows

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

flow freely

Example: The garbage flushed down the river

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

irrigate with water from a sluice

Example: sluice the earth

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Verb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

Example: flush the wound with antibiotics; purge the old gas tank