intj
Meaning 1
An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bosh
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɒʃ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /bɑʃ/
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rhymes with -ɒʃ
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homophone: Boche
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homophone: Bosch
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boom, bam, bang, bammo, bingo, bish bash bosh, bada bing bada boom, bingo bango, there, that does it
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
Nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A figure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Norfolk, UK, archaic, slang
Examples
- to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"
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noun
Meaning 7
A fiddle (musical instrument).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To consume (illicit drugs).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang, transitive
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noun
Meaning 9
pretentious or silly talk or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.
An onomatopoeic formation, imitating a sudden blow.
Probably from German, compare Böschung, böschen
Compare German Posse (“farce, burlesque”), Italian bozzo (“a rough stone”), bozzetto (“a rough sketch”).
Of Romani usage.