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floo

floo 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.

Forms of floo

pluralfloos
alternative formflu
alternative form'flu

Origin of floo

Shortened from influenza.

Questions about floo

What is floo the dated form of?
Floo is the dated form of flu.

Words near floo in the dictionary

  1. flones
  2. flong
  3. flongs
  4. flonker
  5. flonkers
  6. floo
  7. flood
  8. flood basalt
  9. flood basalts
  10. flood chute
  11. flood chutes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: floo (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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