bosh
NonsenseNonsense.
» Bish bash bosh, we managed it.
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4 senses(UK, uncountable)Nonsense.
The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
A fiddle (musical instrument).
(Norfolk, UK, archaic, slang)A figure.
to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
Examples
2 sentencesBish bash bosh, we managed it.
He said only one word: "Bosh!"
Origin
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in EngBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.
Probably from German, compare Böschung, böschen
Compare German Posse (“farce, burlesque”), Italian bozzo (“a rough stone”), bozzetto (“a rough sketch”).
Borrowed from Romani bosh.
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Forms
plural: boshes| Singular | bosh |
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uncountable
Synonyms
13 synonyms- pretentious or silly talk or writing:baloneyboloneybilgewaterdroolhumbugtaradiddletarradiddletommyrot
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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