chouse
/t͡ʃaʊ̯s/
chouse verb: to cheat, to trick.
Verb (1)
chouse (third-person singular simple present chouses, present participle chousing, simple past and past participle choused)
- To cheat, to trick.
- This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money1774, Samuel Foote, The Cozeners
- I cannot think otherwise than that the undertaker of the aforecited poesy hath choused your Highness; for I have seen painted, I know not where, the identically same Dian, with full as many nymphs, as he calls them, and more dogs.c. 1824-1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Imaginary Conversations”, in J. Forster, editor, The Works of Walter Savage Landor, volume 1, published 1853, page 29
Noun
chouse (plural chouses)
- One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
- He that with injury is griev'd,
And goes to law to be reliev'd,
Is sillier than a sottish chouse
Who , when a thief has robb'd his house,
Applies himself to cunning men,
To help him to his goods agen1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...
- He that with injury is griev'd,
- A trick; a sham.
- A swindler.
- By this hand of flesh,
Would it might never write good court-hand more,
If I discover . What do you think of me,
That I am a chouse?1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...
- By this hand of flesh,
Verb (2)
chouse (third-person singular simple present chouses, present participle chousing, simple past and past participle choused)
- To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
- To handle, to take care of.
- This gave the roundup the appearance of a cavalry charge, and a stranger observing the procedure for the first time might have thought we were a bunch of green, possibly drunken cowboys making sport out of chousing cattle. But we weren't chousing them, we were just trying to keep them in sight, and...1980, John R. Erickson, Panhandle Cowboy, page 79
- To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running.
- […] but the fact remains that my range cattle, because of the chousing which they received at the hands of the troops and the fright that they had, were caused to go into a period of considerable range deficiency without the flesh with which they should have entered this period.1940 April 9, John Owen, “[letter to] Paul J. Kilday”, in [Relief of] John Owen, quoted in United States congressional serial set, 76th Congress, 3rd session (January 3, 1940—January 3, 1941)...
chouse meaning in Tamil
chouse in Tamil
- ஏமாற்று நுண்ணுத்தி
Synonyms of chouse
Forms of chouse
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | chouses |
| present participle | chousing |
| past participle | choused |
| past | choused |
| alternative form | chowse |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chiaus |
| Noun | |
| plural | chouses |
Origin of chouse
Probably from Turkish çavuş. Doublet of chiaus.
Words formed from chouse
Questions about chouse
- What does chouse mean?
- Chouse means to cheat, to trick.
- What is chouse in Tamil?
- Chouse in Tamil is ஏமாற்று நுண்ணுத்தி. See Chouse meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chouse?
- Chouse can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce chouse?
- Chouse is pronounced /t͡ʃaʊ̯s/.
- What is the past tense of chouse?
- The past tense of chouse is choused.
Words near chouse in the dictionary
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