Bosh Definition

bŏsh

noun

Nonsense.

Webster's New World

Nonsense.

American Heritage

The lower part of the shaft of a blast furnace, where the walls begin to slope.

Webster's New World

A trough used in forging and smelting for cooling hot metal.

Webster's New World

(UK, chiefly Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.

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Synonyms:

interjection

Used to express disbelief or annoyance.

American Heritage

Used to express disbelief or annoyance.

American Heritage

(UK) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.

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pronoun

(rare) A surname.

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Other Word Forms of Bosh

Singular:

bosh

Plural:

boshes

Turkish boş empty (popularized in English by its use in Ayesha, the Maid of Kars (1834), a novel set in the Near East by James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), British author) from Old Turkic boš free, released

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Turkish boş empty (popularized in English by its use in Ayesha, the Maid of Kars (1834), a novel set in the Near East by James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), British author) from Old Turkic boš free, released

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Compare German Posse (“farce, burlesque”), Italian bozzo (“a rough stone”), bozzetto (“a rough sketch”).

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From Turkish boş (“empty, unoccupied”). Entered into popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.

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From German

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