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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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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