flushing

plural flushings

1. countableuncountableThe act by which something is flushed.

   We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.

2. countableuncountableRushing 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).

plural flushings

1. UKcountableuncountableA heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
2. countableuncountableA surface formed of floating threads.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flush

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

1. datedThe 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 place in New Netherland, particularly, the New Amsterdam area.
   1. A neighborhood of Queens, New York, New York, United States.
   2. A bay of Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing Bay.
   3. A river in Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing River.