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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?z/
• Homophone: flues
• Rhymes: -u?z

Noun

flus

1. plural of flu

Anagrams

• Fuls, SLUF, USFL, sulf-

Czech

Etymology

From Early Modern German fluss (“stream”), from fliessen (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?flus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: flus

Noun

flus m inan

1. (slightly vulgar) gob of spit, phlegm [16th c.]

Usage notes

While in historical texts the word is used neutrally, recently it has been viewed as slightly vulgar.

Declension

Synonyms

• hlen
• chrchel
• plivnutí

Derived terms

• flusanec
• flusání
• flusat
• flusnout
• flusnutí
• jít po n??em jako slepice po flusu
• naflusat
• neflusat
• vyflusnout
• vyflusnutý

References

Further reading

• flus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• flus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse flus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

flus n (genitive singular flus, plural flus)

1. peelings (from a potato or apple)
2. (hair, biology) dandruff

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (ful?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?s/

Noun

flus m sg or pl (plural flejjes)

1. money

Usage notes

• The basic sense “money” is now usually construed as a masculine singular, though it may also be construed as a plural. The marked plural flejjes means “several amounts of money”.

Middle English

Noun

flus

1. Alternative form of flees

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?bz/

Noun

flubs

1. plural of flub

Verb

flubs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flub