Tin can flipped by flush souse leaving (4)
I believe the answer is:
fool
'flush souse leaving' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'tin can flipped by' is the wordplay.
'tin' becomes 'f' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'can' becomes 'loo' (slang).
'flipped' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'loo' in reverse letter order is 'ool'.
'f'+'ool'='FOOL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fool that I've seen before include "twit" , "` `More people know Tom .... that Tom .... knows' '" , "Sweet - kid" , "Deceive" , "Nincompoop" .)