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losh

UK/lɒʃ/

losh interjection: expressing surprise, wonder etc.

Interjection

  1. (Scotland) Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
    • and then he said Chrissie! Tired? and she said Losh, no, and my name's Chris, Ewan.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 130

Noun (1)

losh (plural loshes)

  1. (obsolete) An elk hide

Noun (2)

losh

  1. The burbot.

Proper noun capitalized: Losh

Losh (plural Loshes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of losh

Noun
pluralloshes
Proper noun
pluralLoshes

Origin of losh

From Scots losh.

Perhaps an alteration of loach.

Questions about losh

What does losh mean?
Losh means expressing surprise, wonder etc.
What part of speech is losh?
Losh can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce losh?
Losh is pronounced /lɒʃ/ (UK).

Words near losh in the dictionary

  1. losest
  2. loseth
  3. Losey
  4. loseyite
  5. Loseys
  6. losh
  7. Loshes
  8. losigamone
  9. losin'
  10. losindole
  11. losing

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