Meaning

1 senses

  1. To strike with a weapon of this kind.

More definitions
  • hit with a cosh, usually on the head

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm always under the cosh.

    Я завжди у стані стресу. — deniko

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Origin

Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).

Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

coshes, coshing, coshed, coshed
Base formcosh · to cosh
3rd person singularcoshes
Present participlecoshing
Past simplecoshed
Past participlecoshed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycosh
he, she, itcoshes

Past simpleLesson

all personscoshed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coshed
he, she, ithas coshed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cosh

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbludgeon

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
corsetcortexcorundumcorvettecosinecosmeticcosmicC2

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