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dush

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /dʌʃ/
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D UW1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To fall violently; dash down; move with violence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣsċan (“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see Middle English adweschen). Cognate with Middle Low German duschen, German dialectal duschen (“to beat, butt”). Compare also West Frisian dúste (“to push, thrust, poke”).