| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  fl sh |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: flushed, flush·ing, flush·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover. 2. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To dart out or fly from cover. | | NOUN: | A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English flusshen.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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