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coose

coose verb: to chase.

Verb

coose (third-person singular simple present cooses, present participle coosing, simple past and past participle coosed)

  1. (Cornwall, transitive) To chase.
    • They were by Canute led, and each had hair so red / That any bull'd have coosed him had he shown within his sight.1895, Joseph Thomas, Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words, page 18
    • […] 'coosed' him along the hall to the kitchen, he turning round to see if I was there all right and skidding on the polished floor, just as Peter used to do.1971, The Spectator (volume 227, part 2, page 933)

Forms of coose

third-person singular presentcooses
present participlecoosing
past participlecoosed
pastcoosed

Questions about coose

What does coose mean?
Coose means to chase.
What part of speech is coose?
Coose is a verb.
What is the past tense of coose?
The past tense of coose is coosed.

Words near coose in the dictionary

  1. Coos County
  2. Coosa
  3. Coosa County
  4. Coosan
  5. Coosawattee
  6. coose
  7. coosed
  8. coosen
  9. coosened
  10. coosening
  11. coosens

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