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- [kosh]
- /kɒʃ/
- /kɒʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kosh]
- /kɒʃ/
Definitions of cosh word
- countable noun cosh A cosh is a heavy piece of rubber or metal which is used as a weapon. 3
- verb cosh To cosh someone means to hit them hard on the head with a cosh or a similar weapon. 3
- noun cosh a blunt weapon, often made of hard rubber; bludgeon 3
- noun cosh an attack with such a weapon 3
- verb cosh to hit with such a weapon, esp on the head 3
- noun cosh hyperbolic cosine; a hyperbolic function, cosh z = 1⁄2(ez + e–z), related to cosine by the expression cosh iz = cos z, where i = √–1 3
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Origin of cosh
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
1865-70; perhaps < Romany kosh, koshter stick
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Parts of speech for Cosh
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cosh popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
cosh usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cosh
noun cosh
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
- works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
verb cosh
- bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
Antonyms for cosh
verb cosh
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
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