The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Apparently imitative of a squirting or squishing sound.
skoosh (plural skooshes)
(informal) A squirt (of liquid).
2 dessert spoons of sugar (or honey)
4 nobs of butter (or one big lump)
1 big skoosh of lemon juice, hand squeezed
6 large free range eggs.
(informal) A smidge, a small amount: synonym of skosh.
(informal) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
skoosh (third-person singular simple present skooshes, present participle skooshing, simple past and past participle skooshed)
(informal) To squirt.
(informal) To squish, to smoosh.
• shooks
Source: Wiktionary
11 April 2025
(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; “they used bales of newspaper every day”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.