skoosh

/skuːʃ/

skoosh noun: a squirt (of liquid).

Noun (1)

skoosh (plural skooshes)

(Scotland, informal) A squirt (of liquid).
- But Mrs Strain ducked and dodged and weaved, keeping the bucket steady between her feet and managing to give the two or three cats running about the place a skoosh of milk straight from the udder into their mouth.2002, Hugh Robinson, Back Across the Fields of Yesterday, →ISBN
- 1 pint of filtered water
  2 dessert spoons of sugar (or honey)
  4 nobs of butter (or one big lump)
  1 big skoosh of lemon juice, hand squeezed
  6 large free range eggs.2012, Harry Morris, The Last Night on the Beat: The Best of Harry the Polis, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN
(Scotland, informal) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- After what we had learned in the Navy, police training was a skoosh.2013, Joe Pieri, The Big Men

skoosh (third-person singular simple present skooshes, present participle skooshing, simple past and past participle skooshed)

(Scotland, informal) To squirt.
- Untouchable. I am untouchable. I cannot touch. But in these other states, I am the citizen of many nations. To that woman on holiday in Millport many, many years ago, I am that cheeky wee boy who skooshed her in the face with my water pistol […]2001, Andrew Campbell, Dead Letter House, Neil Wilson Pub Limited
- She positions herself in the middle of each room, then sprays every surface as if she's Lara Croft holding one of those paintball guns. By the time I've mopped up all the puddles of polish she's skooshed on Mum's good furniture, […]2006, Catherine Forde, Firestarter, Egmont Books, →ISBN
(informal) To squish, to smoosh.
- Eternal Returnists believe that after you die you must return as every fly you ever swatted, every ant you ever skooshed, every mosquito, every spider, every animal you ever roared over on the highway with your Harley, whether you knew it or not […]2004, Don Strachan, King of Diamonds, Penthe Pub, →ISBN
- I tore my mayonnaise packet open with my teeth, squirted it on the bun, and skooshed it around to coat the alleged patty. Noah tapped his finger on my lunch tray. "You going to eat your fruit cup? You should."2012, Lisa Harkrader, The Adventures of Beanboy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 151
(Scotland, informal) To have an easy time.

skoosh (plural skooshes)

She shut the doors, covered the food and then skooshed DDT at them.2008, Charlie Allan, The Truth Tells Twice: The Life of a Buchan Farm, Birlinn:
Off-balance myself, I skidded to one knee and got up just a skoosh slower than Beastie did.2020, Sara Hanover, The New Improved Sorceress, Penguin, →ISBN:

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Noun
plural	skooshes
Verb
third-person singular present	skooshes
present participle	skooshing
past participle	skooshed
past	skooshed

Apparently imitative of a squirting or squishing sound.

Variant of skosh.

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What does skoosh mean?: Skoosh means a squirt (of liquid).
How do you use skoosh in a sentence?: She shut the doors, covered the food and then skooshed DDT at them.
What part of speech is skoosh?: Skoosh can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce skoosh?: Skoosh is pronounced /skuːʃ/.
What is the plural of skoosh?: The plural of skoosh is skooshes.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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