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hooshes

hooshes is the plural of hoosh.

hooshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoosh.

Meaning of hoosh

Noun

hoosh (countable and uncountable, plural hooshes)

  1. 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
  2. (historical, Antarctica) 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

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Questions about hooshes

What is hooshes the plural of?
Hooshes is the plural of hoosh.

Words near hooshes in the dictionary

  1. hooses
  2. hoosgow
  3. hoosgows
  4. hoosh
  5. hooshed
  6. hooshes
  7. hooshing
  8. hooshta
  9. hooshtah
  10. hoosier
  11. Hoosier Alley

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