hoosh
hoosh noun: a whooshing sound.
Noun
hoosh (countable and uncountable, plural hooshes)
- A whooshing sound.
- From downstairs we heard a hoosh as the boiler started. The pipes clanked a little while Frankie B talked more about his trip.2013, James Quackenbush, A Speckled Axe, page 88
- A stew made from pemmican or other meat, thickened with biscuit.
- Christmas Day was spent at this camp, and, as was the case with the other sledging expeditions that were out at the time, a special feast was provided. For breakfast they had hoosh, sardines in tomato sauce and raisins; for lunch Garibaldi biscuits and jelly; and for dinner potted boneless chicken...1909, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, “Christmas on a Glacier”, in The Heart of the Antarctic, volume 2, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, pages 64–65
- They are magnificent animals, averaging 80 lbs. in weight, with a wonderful capacity for endurance in intense cold on very little food. Four such dogs with three men have hauled a load of 1,380 lbs. over soft snow ay 10 miles a day for many weeks. Their staple food was 1½ lbs. of Spratt's cod liver...1929, Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, The South Polar Trail, page 218
Verb
hoosh (third-person singular simple present hooshes, present participle hooshing, simple past and past participle hooshed)
- To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.
Examples of hoosh in a sentence
- For breakfast they had hoosh, sardines in tomato sauce and raisins; for lunch Garibaldi biscuits and jelly; and for dinner potted boneless chicken and a small plum pudding.1909, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, “Christmas on a Glacier”, in The Heart of the Antarctic, volume 2, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott...
- Their staple food was 1½ lbs. of Spratt's cod liver oil biscuits per day; this ration, with a hot hoosh every three days, keeping them in splendid health.1929, Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, The South Polar Trail, page 218:
Forms of hoosh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hooshes |
| alternative form | hooch |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hooshes |
| present participle | hooshing |
| past participle | hooshed |
| past | hooshed |
Questions about hoosh
- What does hoosh mean?
- Hoosh means a whooshing sound.
- How do you use hoosh in a sentence?
- For breakfast they had hoosh, sardines in tomato sauce and raisins; for lunch Garibaldi biscuits and jelly; and for dinner potted boneless chicken and a small plum pudding.
- What part of speech is hoosh?
- Hoosh can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hoosh?
- The plural of hoosh is hooshes.
Words near hoosh in the dictionary
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