four-flush


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four-flush

(fôr′flŭsh′)
intr.v. four-flushed, four-flush·ing, four-flush·es
1. Games To bluff in poker with a four flush.
2. Slang To make empty claims; bluff.

four′-flush′er n.
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four′ flush`


n.
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


Past participle: four-flushed
Gerund: four-flushing

Imperative
four-flush
four-flush
Present
I four-flush
you four-flush
he/she/it four-flushes
we four-flush
you four-flush
they four-flush
Preterite
I four-flushed
you four-flushed
he/she/it four-flushed
we four-flushed
you four-flushed
they four-flushed
Present Continuous
I am four-flushing
you are four-flushing
he/she/it is four-flushing
we are four-flushing
you are four-flushing
they are four-flushing
Present Perfect
I have four-flushed
you have four-flushed
he/she/it has four-flushed
we have four-flushed
you have four-flushed
they have four-flushed
Past Continuous
I was four-flushing
you were four-flushing
he/she/it was four-flushing
we were four-flushing
you were four-flushing
they were four-flushing
Past Perfect
I had four-flushed
you had four-flushed
he/she/it had four-flushed
we had four-flushed
you had four-flushed
they had four-flushed
Future
I will four-flush
you will four-flush
he/she/it will four-flush
we will four-flush
you will four-flush
they will four-flush
Future Perfect
I will have four-flushed
you will have four-flushed
he/she/it will have four-flushed
we will have four-flushed
you will have four-flushed
they will have four-flushed
Future Continuous
I will be four-flushing
you will be four-flushing
he/she/it will be four-flushing
we will be four-flushing
you will be four-flushing
they will be four-flushing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been four-flushing
you have been four-flushing
he/she/it has been four-flushing
we have been four-flushing
you have been four-flushing
they have been four-flushing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been four-flushing
you will have been four-flushing
he/she/it will have been four-flushing
we will have been four-flushing
you will have been four-flushing
they will have been four-flushing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been four-flushing
you had been four-flushing
he/she/it had been four-flushing
we had been four-flushing
you had been four-flushing
they had been four-flushing
Conditional
I would four-flush
you would four-flush
he/she/it would four-flush
we would four-flush
you would four-flush
they would four-flush
Past Conditional
I would have four-flushed
you would have four-flushed
he/she/it would have four-flushed
we would have four-flushed
you would have four-flushed
they would have four-flushed
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four-flush

verb
Slang. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:
Informal: bamboozle, have.
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