All cosh synonyms
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C c noun cosh
- business β Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- staff β a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- sap β Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- cudgel β A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
- works β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- bludgeon β To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- baton β A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
- mace β a spice ground from the layer between a nutmeg shell and its outer husk, resembling nutmeg in flavor.
- blackjack β Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
- truncheon β the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- hammer β Armand, 1898β1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- nightstick β a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- quarterstaff β a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- hickory β any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
- mallet β a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- shillelagh β a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- billy β A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
- swatter β a person or thing that swats.
- rosewood β any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, especially belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family.
- persuader β a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
- shill β a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- bat β A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- cane β Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
- club β A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- rod β a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
- switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- paddle β a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- bastinado β punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- ferule β a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- birch β A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- convincer β to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- spontoon β a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
verb cosh
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- pummel β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- clout β If you clout someone, you hit them.
- baste β If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- pommel β a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
- fustigate β to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- pummelled β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.