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BOSH
baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bosh
(rare) A surname
Anagrams
• BHOs, HBOS, hobs
Etymology 1
Noun
bosh (uncountable)
(chiefly, British) Nonsense.
Synonyms
• blatherskite, hogwash, malarkey; see also nonsense
Interjection
bosh
(chiefly, British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
Synonyms
• fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also bullshit
Etymology 2
Noun
bosh (plural boshes)
The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
Etymology 3
Noun
bosh (plural boshes)
(British, chiefly, Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.
Interjection
bosh
(British) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
Synonyms
• bammo, bingo, bish bash bosh, that does it, there
Etymology 4
Verb
bosh (third-person singular simple present boshes, present participle boshing, simple past and past participle boshed)
(UK, slang, transitive) To consume (illicit drugs).
Anagrams
• BHOs, HBOS, hobs
Source: Wiktionary
Bosh, n. Etym: [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.]
Definition: Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]
Bosh, n. Etym: [Turk.]
Definition: Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]
Bosh, n.; pl. Boshes. Etym: [Cf. G. böschung a slope.]
1. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
2. pl.
Definition: The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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