Definition of "Flushing"

Flushing¹

proper noun
1. A coastal village in Mylor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8134).

Flushing²

proper noun
1. (dated) The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
  Quotations
  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 City, New York, United States.
  2. Ellipsis of Flushing Bay.; A bay of Queens, New York City, New York, United States
  3. Ellipsis of Flushing River.; A river in Queens, New York City, New York, United States