four flush

A five-card poker hand containing four cards in the same suit.

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four flush

(Card Games) a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card

vb (intr)

1. (Card Games) to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush

2. US and Canadian a slang word for bluff¹

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four′ flush`

a hand in poker having four cards of one suit and one of another; an imperfect flush.

[1885–90, Amer.]

four′-flush`

v.i.

1. to bluff.

2. to bluff in poker on the basis of a four flush.

four′-flush`er, n.

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four flush - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

bluff

dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving

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The whole four flushed as if one heart beat through them.

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