💧 To rinse out 😊 To turn red 💻 To clear data 🃏 Five same-suit cards 🌊 A sudden flow 😊 A red face 💵 Having lots of money 📏 Exactly level 📏 To make level 📏 Evenly aligned 🌱 A rich period

flush

39 6.2

A hand of five cards all of the same suit, not in order

noun
/flʌʃ/

Jargon

: color

In poker, if you have five cards of the same suit, you have a flush.

Examples

Flush, diamonds, queen on top.

Bunraku (2010)
Straight still beats a flush.

Paranormal Island (2014)
Well, well, well, a royal flush !

Bee Movie (2007)
I learned that a royal straight flush was the best possible hand.

Fiction book (1997)
What do you call that, a royal straight flush?

Gable and Lombard (1976)
I got the straight flush.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
After that quads and then straight flush, then royal flush.
That's why you can always get a royal flush if you get the right hand.
A full house doesn't beat a straight flush.

Bound & Babysitting (2015)
I can't remember-- does a straight beat a flush?

Boat Trip (2002)

Compounds

straight flush

Jargon

7 5.8

Five cards in a row all of the same suit

royal flush

4 5.3

A poker hand with ace, king, queen, jack and ten all in one suit

flush toilet

3 1.4

A toilet that uses water to wash away waste

courtesy flush

Informal

1 7.9

An extra toilet flush to reduce smell in a shared bathroom

busted flush

Jargon

1 9.9

A poker hand missing one card to make five cards of the same suit and worth little

flush-seamed

Specialized

8.8

Two pieces join edge to edge so their surfaces are level

four flush

Archaic

9.9

An attempt to trick others by pretending to have a strong poker hand or more success than you have

Surface Forms

flush singular

flushes plural

Etymology

A poker flush is a hand full of one suit, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'flow' or 'fullness' of the same colour in your cards, which is why the hand is called a flush.