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COSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cosh" is a kind of...):
bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)
Derivation:
cosh (hit with a cosh, usually on the head)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cosh ... he / she / it coshes
Past simple: coshed
-ing form: coshing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hit with a cosh, usually on the head
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cosh" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
cosh (a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people)