cosh
/kɒʃ/
cosh noun: a weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
Noun (1)
cosh (plural coshes)
- A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- The caissier has a cosh and a gun to protect him, and to heave over the barrier and steal some notes and then vault back and get out of the casino through the passages and doors would be impossible.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 8
- A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
- The cane.
- There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren, page 374
- Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]2019, John Loveday, The Boy from Rod Alley, page 115
Verb
cosh (third-person singular simple present coshes, present participle coshing, simple past and past participle coshed)
- To strike with a weapon of this kind.
Adjective
cosh (comparative more cosh, superlative most cosh)
Noun (2)
cosh (uncountable)
cosh meaning in Tamil
cosh in Tamil
- குண்டாந்தடி
Forms of cosh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coshes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | coshes |
| present participle | coshing |
| past participle | coshed |
| past | coshed |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more cosh |
| superlative | most cosh |
Origin of cosh
Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).
Words formed from cosh
Phrases with cosh
Words that rhyme with cosh
Questions about cosh
- What does cosh mean?
- Cosh means a weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- What is cosh in Tamil?
- Cosh in Tamil is குண்டாந்தடி. See Cosh meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cosh?
- Cosh can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cosh?
- Cosh is pronounced /kɒʃ/.
- What is the plural of cosh?
- The plural of cosh is coshes.
Words near cosh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cosh (page history and authors); cosh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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