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flushing

/ˈflʌʃɪŋ/

flushing noun: the act by which something is flushed. Also the present participle and gerund of flush.

Noun (1)

flushing (countable and uncountable, plural flushings)

  1. The act by which something is flushed.
    • We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.
  2. Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).

Noun (2)

flushing (countable and uncountable, plural flushings)

  1. (UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
  2. A surface formed of floating threads.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Flushing

Flushing

  1. A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England, across the river from Falmouth (OS grid ref SW8134).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Flushing

Flushing

  1. (dated) The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
    • An example of this was the hourly fast train from Amsterdam via Rotterdam to Eindhoven and Venlo, which used to be combined on the section from Amsterdam to Rotterdam with a stopping train to Flushing.1962 April, P. W. B. Semmens, “The Netherlands Railways today”, in Modern Railways, page 238
  2. A township and city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A township and village therein, in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
  4. A neighborhood of Queens, New York, New York, United States.
  5. A bay of Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing Bay.
  6. A river in Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing River.

Also used as

flushing is also the present participle and gerund of flush.

flushing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

flushing in Hindi

फ्लशिंग, फ्लशिंग करना

flushing in Tamil

ஃப்ளஷிங், ஃப்ளூஷிங், ஃப்ளுஷிங்

flushing in Marathi

फ्लशिंग, फ्लशिंग करणे

flushing in Urdu

فلشنگ, فلاشنگ, فلشنگ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
flushing in Bengali
ফ্লাশিং, ফ্লাশিং করা
flushing in Telugu
ఫ్లషింగ్, ఫ్లశింగ్
flushing in Malayalam
ഫ്ലഷിംഗ്, ഫ്ളഷിംഗ്
flushing in Kannada
ಫ್ಲಶಿಂಗ್, ಫ್ಲಷಿಂಗ್, ಫ್ಲಶಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡುವುದು
flushing in Punjabi
ਫਲੱਸ਼ਿੰਗ, ਫੁੱਲਸ਼ਿੰਗ, ਫਲਸਿੰਗ
flushing in Gujarati
ફ્લશિંગ, ફ્લશીંગ
flushing in Odia
ଫ୍ଲସିଂ
flushing in Nepali
फ्लसिङ, फ्लशिङ, फ्लसिङ्ग

Examples of flushing in a sentence

  • There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.
  • A cerebral douche-like flushing of neurotransmitters in my smoke-, booze-, and heartache-soaked brain.
  • The treatment involves flushing a woman’s fallopian tubes with specially treated poppy seed oil.

All 22 example sentences with flushing

Forms of flushing

pluralflushings

Origin of flushing

From Middle English flusshyng, flusshynge, equivalent to flush + -ing.

Named after the dated anglicized Dutch city name Flushing (“Vlissingen”) where the wool was made, from Dutch Vlissingen, further etymology is uncertain.

From flush + -ing.

Words formed from flushing

Phrases with flushing

Words that rhyme with flushing

Questions about flushing

What does flushing mean?
Flushing means the act by which something is flushed.
What is flushing in Hindi?
Flushing in Hindi is फ्लशिंग, फ्लशिंग करना. See Flushing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is flushing?
Flushing can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce flushing?
Flushing is pronounced /ˈflʌʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of flushing?
The plural of flushing is flushings.

Words near flushing in the dictionary

  1. flushest
  2. flusheth
  3. flushier
  4. flushiest
  5. flushiness
  6. flushing
  7. flushing out
  8. flushing time
  9. flushing times
  10. flushing toilet
  11. flushing toilets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flushing (page history and authors); Flushing (page history and authors); flushing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flushing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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