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'flu

'flu is the dated form of flu.

Meaning of flu

Noun

flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)

  1. (usually) Influenza.
    • catch flu
    Synonyms:
    grippe, grip
  2. (informal, usually) Stomach flu.

Origin of 'flu

A clipping of influenza.

Questions about 'flu

What is 'flu the dated form of?
'flu is the dated form of flu.

Words near 'flu in the dictionary

  1. 'fesses up
  2. 'fessing
  3. 'fessing up
  4. 'fit
  5. 'fits
  6. 'flu
  7. 'fore
  8. 'fraid
  9. 'fraid not
  10. 'fraid so
  11. 'fridge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'flu (page history and authors); flu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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