Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The pendulous corners of the upper lip of certain dogs, such as the bloodhound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The large chop or overhanging lip of the upper jaw of some dogs, as of deep-mouthed hounds.
Wiktionary
- n. The pendulous flaps of skin hanging from the side of the lips of certain dogs, especially hounds.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also
chaps . SeeIllust. of bloodhound.
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I tinks flu kittehs are omnomnomipotent – wes alls has flews here too *sadface* I can has chiken soopz?”
Flu Kitteh is in your haus - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“I flews frum Yoo-Kay 2 Hawhyee b4 an it stop in San Fran.”
Teh Cheez Has Landed in London! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
““Your Majesty is certainly correct,” said Ilingus, a middle-aged man in plain black robes, having the sad pouched eyes and pendulous flews of an old hound.”
“His jowls hung in flaps like the flews of a hound, and he held the long gun behind him, run down back of his leg.”
“Triskele had bounded up to me with blood-smeared flews, hindquarters quivering with joy.”
“The Men and Dwarves were mostly talking of distant events and telling flews of a kind that was becoming only too familiar.”
“Jan licked at it, cutting his deep flews as he did so on the uneven edges of the tin.”
“As she ran, her delicate, golden-colored flews skimmed the ground; her sensitive nostrils questioned almost every blade of grass, her brain automatically registering every particle of information so obtained, and guiding her feet accordingly.”
“A strong and overtried man's weakness is not a thing that any one cares to enlarge upon, but without offense it may perhaps be stated that tears fell on the iron-gray hair of Jan's muzzle as he stood there with his soft flews pressed hard against Dick Vaughan's thigh.”
“Then Finn turned to his mate and affectionately licked her low-hanging ears, flews, and dewlap.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flews’.
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phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fabaceous, fabiform, fabulist, faburden, face-cord, facetiae, facia, facinorous, factious, factitious, factitive, factive and 418 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Pluralia Tantum
Nouns that are common in plural form but are non-existent or rarely used in singular form.
scissors, thanks, clothes, remains, tights, trousers, pants, news, billiards, means, mathematics, physics and 221 more...
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samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
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It Has a Name??
Yes. Yes it does.
aglet, armsaye, scroop, rowel, ferrule, rasceta, chanking, philtrum, frenulum, keeper, agelast, punt and 285 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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bloodworm's list
These are words that I enjoy because they are unique, rare, long, or just cool.
circumlocution, hysteresis, schadenfreude, quixotic, loquacious, ennui, sesquipedalian, defenestrate, obfuscate, syzygy, ubiquitous, superfluous and 231 more...
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Creative Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they mean, but they're not *technically* onomatopoetic.
(another edit: this list is morphing into something I can't quite describe. But I still like it.)ugly, icon, hang, weenie, bell, zit, ennui, sour, speed, rankle, muddle, disgruntle and 129 more...
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5-1
Hecko, words! Thanks for staying with me. :-)
avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for flews.
yarb This is a brilliant word. Thank you Wordie! Oct 25, 2007
reesetee Thank you. What a nice bear you are. Oct 25, 2007
chained_bear This word is on my Creative Onomatopoeia list by request of reesetee. Oct 25, 2007
reesetee Are you tuning a ukelele, by chance?
And while we're on the subject, did you know that the word ukelele comes from the Hawaiian for "leaping flea"? Mar 4, 2007
chained_bear My dog has flews. Mar 4, 2007
reesetee the large, pendulous corners of the upper lip of certain dogs, such as the bloodhound Mar 1, 2007