cosh

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɒʃ/

Noun

cosh (plural coshes)

1. A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
2. A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
3. (UK, education, slang, dated) The cane.
   • 1959, Iona Opie, ‎Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren (page 374)

     There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]

   • 2019, John Loveday, The Boy from Rod Alley (page 115)

     Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]

Verb

cosh (coshes, present participle coshing; past and past participle coshed)

1. (transitive) To strike with a weapon of this kind.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɒʃ/, /kɒˈseɪtʃ/

Translations

• Russian: ch

Adjective

cosh

1. (Scotland) cosy; snug

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