Flushing
pronunciation
How to pronounce Flushing in British English:
UK ['flʌʃiŋ]
How to pronounce Flushing in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Flushing
- New York village established 1645 by English Puritans (now a neighborhood in Queens), an English corruption of Dutch Vlissingen, name of Dutch town where the Puritans had taken refuge, literally "flowing" (so called for its location on an estuary of the West Scheldt), and thus perhaps distantly related to flush (v.1).
Example
- 1. Mere flushing with water doesn 't warrant the code .
- 2. But a flush loo is no option in slums where rain is the only form of flushing .
- 3. Specific side effects commonly reported by men using viagra were headache , flushing difficulty breathing , and vision problems .
- 4. Nearly half of the water used by uk homes for garden irrigation and flushing is mains potable water treated at great ecological and fiscal expense .
- 5. Feces fall into a drum beneath the toilet . Instead of flushing with water , you use a dry substance .