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dush

/dʌʃ/

dush verb: to strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.

Verb

dush (third-person singular simple present dushes, present participle dushing, simple past and past participle dushed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To fall violently; dash down; move with violence.

Forms of dush

third-person singular presentdushes
present participledushing
past participledushed
pastdushed
alternative Scotlanddoush
alternative Scotlandduish
alternative Scotlanddoist
alternative Scotlanddoose
alternative Scotlanddoosht

Origin of dush

From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣsċan (“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see Middle English adweschen). Cognate with Middle Low German duschen, German dialectal duschen (“to beat, butt”). Compare also West Frisian dúste (“to push, thrust, poke”).

Words formed from dush

Questions about dush

What does dush mean?
Dush means to strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
What part of speech is dush?
Dush is a verb.
How do you pronounce dush?
Dush is pronounced /dʌʃ/.
What is the past tense of dush?
The past tense of dush is dushed.

Words near dush in the dictionary

  1. Dusenbury
  2. Dusenburys
  3. Dusetos
  4. Dusgate
  5. Dusgates
  6. dush
  7. Dushan
  8. Dushanbe
  9. Dushane
  10. Dushanes
  11. Dushanzi

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