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flusk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flusk
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a whirring or fluttering sound.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fly at; ruffle up the feathers.

Intransitive verb

verb

To quarrel.

Intransitive verb

verb

To startle or confuse.

Transitive verb

noun

A whirring sound.

noun

A flutter.

noun

A quarrel, contention, skirmish, fight.

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from Middle English *flusken, a variant of flusshen (“to move rapidly, dart”), the same origin as flush. Perhaps from Old Norse *flugsa (“to flap, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flugisōną (“to flutter”); compare Norwegian Nynorsk flugsa (“to flutter”), Norwegian Bokmål flugse (“to flutter”). Compare also Norwegian flogsa, flogse (“to run around, frolic, flirt”), Faroese flogsa (“to gad about, solicit”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *flusken, *flugsa, *flugisōną

Usage

Inflected Forms

flusks (present, singular) flusking (participle, present) flusked (participle, past) flusked (past) flusks (plural)

Derived Forms

flusker

Questions

What does flusk mean?
To make a whirring or fluttering sound.
Where does flusk come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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