bosh

Meanings

Noun

• Nonsense.
• The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
• A figure.
• A fiddle .

Interjection

• An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.

Verb

• To consume (illicit drugs).

Related

Similar words

• bammo, bingo, bish bash bosh, job done, that does it, there

Origin

• Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش. Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.
• Probably from German, compare Böschung, böschen
• Compare German Posse ("farce, burlesque"), Italian bozzo ("a rough stone"), bozzetto.
• An onomatopoeic formation, imitating a sudden blow.
• Of Romani usage.