释义 |
cosh1 nouncosh2 verb coshcosh1 /kɒʃ $ kɑːʃ/ noun [countable] - Everybody's under the cosh financially these days.
- Guided by the sound, Dunn moved in and whacked him on the head with a spring-loaded cosh.
- He was still turning when the cosh struck him behind the ear.
- In a crisis it could have doubled as a draught excluder or, if the pub got rough, as a cosh.
- The Millwall brick, for example, was a newspaper folded again and again and squashed together to form a cosh.
► Crimeabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective 1a heavy weapon in the shape of a short thick pipe2under the cosh British English informal in a difficult situation and under a lot of pressure: A lot of people are under the cosh financially at present.cosh1 nouncosh2 verb coshcosh2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcosh |
Present | I, you, we, they | cosh | | he, she, it | coshes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coshed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coshed | | he, she, it | has coshed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coshed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cosh | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coshed |
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Present | I | am coshing | | he, she, it | is coshing | | you, we, they | are coshing | Past | I, he, she, it | was coshing | | you, we, they | were coshing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coshing | | he, she, it | has been coshing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coshing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coshing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coshing |
to hit someone with a cosh |