flusher

English

Etymology

From Middle English flusshere, equivalent to flush +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌʃə(ɹ)

Noun

flusher (plural flushers)

1. Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
   • 2022, William Sears, Robert W. Sears, Martha Sears, The Sears Baby Book:

     Be prepared for an increase in your water bill from the frequent flusher who likes the sound-and-water show at the pull of the handle.

2. The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
3. (US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
   • 1996, Larry J. Sabato, Glenn R. Simpson, Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 191:

     Each flusher is typically paid $20 to $50. Fleets of cars, buses, and other vehicles are also at the ready to ferry voters to and from the polls.

Derived terms

• four-flusher

Anagrams

• reflush

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flœ.ʃe/, /flɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

flusher

1. (North America, anglicism) to flush (a toilet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flusher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flusher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flushant /flœ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flushé /flœ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flushe /flœʃ/	flushes /flœʃ/	flushe /flœʃ/	flushons /flœ.ʃɔ̃/	flushez /flœ.ʃe/	flushent /flœʃ/
	imperfect	flushais /flœ.ʃɛ/	flushais /flœ.ʃɛ/	flushait /flœ.ʃɛ/	flushions /flœ.ʃjɔ̃/	flushiez /flœ.ʃje/	flushaient /flœ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	flushai /flœ.ʃe/	flushas /flœ.ʃa/	flusha /flœ.ʃa/	flushâmes /flœ.ʃam/	flushâtes /flœ.ʃat/	flushèrent /flœ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	flusherai /flœʃ.ʁe/	flusheras /flœʃ.ʁa/	flushera /flœʃ.ʁa/	flusherons /flœʃ.ʁɔ̃/	flusherez /flœʃ.ʁe/	flusheront /flœʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flusherais /flœʃ.ʁɛ/	flusherais /flœʃ.ʁɛ/	flusherait /flœʃ.ʁɛ/	flusherions /flœ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	flusheriez /flœ.ʃə.ʁje/	flusheraient /flœʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	flushe /flœʃ/	flushes /flœʃ/	flushe /flœʃ/	flushions /flœ.ʃjɔ̃/	flushiez /flœ.ʃje/	flushent /flœʃ/
	imperfect2	flushasse /flœ.ʃas/	flushasses /flœ.ʃas/	flushât /flœ.ʃa/	flushassions /flœ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	flushassiez /flœ.ʃa.sje/	flushassent /flœ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flushe /flœʃ/	—	flushons /flœ.ʃɔ̃/	flushez /flœ.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).