Cosh Definition

kŏsh
coshes
noun
coshes
A blackjack, bludgeon, or similar weapon.
Webster's New World

Any of various sorts of blunt instrument such as bludgeon, truncheon or the like) (ref. 1991 edition of Chambers's Dictionary)

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
coshes
To attack or hit with or as if with this weapon.
American Heritage
To strike with a cosh.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Hyperbolic cosine.
American Heritage
symbol
(trigonometry) The symbol of the hyperbolic function hyperbolic cosine.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cosh

Noun

Singular:
cosh
Plural:
coshes

Origin of Cosh

  • Perhaps from Romani kosh stick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from Romani košter (stick)

    From Wiktionary

Cosh Sentence Examples

  • Vale were happy to scramble away or concede another corner as they were under the cosh.

  • They visited 28 nursing homes and examined the prescribing of what has been called the " chemical cosh " to 217 of the residents.

  • The cartesian equation referred to the axis and directrix is y=c cosh (x/c) or y = Zc(e x / c +e x / c); other forms are s = c sinh (x/c) and y 2 =c 2 -1-s 2, being the arc measured from the vertex; the intrinsic equation is s = c tan The radius of curvature and normal are each equal to c sec t '.

  • If A, B have the same sign, this is equivalent to au = cosh mO, (23) if the origin of 0 be suitably adjusted; hence r has a maximum value a, and the particle ultimately approaches the pole asymptotically by an infinite number of convolutions.

  • The chemical cosh has been a problem for some years.

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