straight flush
7
5.8
- noun
- /streɪt flʌʃ/
- Jargon
:
escalera de color
- Rubble won the poker game with an amazing straight flush.
- a royal straight flush
- draw a straight flush
Examples
-
Flopping the straight flush made my night.
Blog text (10) -
During the final hand, I revealed my straight flush and won the pot.
-
Do you know what a straight flush is?
-
You can still hold a straight flush?
-
I got the straight flush.
-
A full house doesn't beat a straight flush.
-
Last night at the tables, I was on the 2-5 Texas Hold'em table and flopped a straight flush: 7, 8, 9, 10, J of diamonds.
Blog text (10) -
L.C. Cheever has eliminated Michelle Carson with a straight flush.
-
I felt sorry for him, but I'm not going to say I didn't relish the moment when I laid down that straight flush to his three kings.
Fiction book (1995) -
In poker, three 2s beats two aces, and a 2-3-4-5-6 straight flush beats four aces, despite the fact that as individual cards, they're the lowest in the deck.
Blog text (27)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound directly combines the two constituent senses: 'straight' (a sequence of consecutive cards) and 'flush' (five cards of the same suit), yielding the predictable meaning 'a sequence of consecutive cards all in one suit.' This is a fully compositional noun–noun combination that a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings can derive without prior exposure.
Etymology
Straight flush joins two simple card ideas: a straight (cards 'in order') and a flush (cards all the 'same suit'). Picture five cards in a neat row that are all the same suit, and that image explains why it means five consecutive cards of one suit and is a 'very strong' and 'rare' poker hand.