English

Proper noun

Bosh

1. (rare) A surname

Anagrams

• HBOS
• hobs

English

Noun

bosh ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly Britain) Nonsense.
   • 1868, Shirley Brooks, For A' That And A' That:

     Tho' hundreds cheer his blatant bosh,
     He's but a goose for a' that.

   • 1884, George Gissing, chapter 17, in The Unclassed:

     But you know very well you're talking bosh," exclaimed Abraham, somewhat discomfited. "There must be government, and there must be order, say what you like.

   • 1955, C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Collins, 1998, Chapter 5,

     "Why, it's absolute bosh from beginning to end."

Interjection

bosh

1. (chiefly Britain) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
   • 1904, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in The Food of the Gods:

     "Bosh!" said the Vicar, rejecting the hint altogether.

Etymology 2

From German

Noun

bosh ‎(plural boshes)

1. The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.

Etymology 3

Compare German Posse ‎(“farce, burlesque”), Italian bozzo ‎(“a rough stone”), bozzetto ‎(“a rough sketch”).

Noun

bosh ‎(plural boshes)

1. (Britain, chiefly Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.

   to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"

Interjection

bosh

1. (Britain) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
   • 2001, rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons, Usenet:

     It's a ~3 foot double lead with two 5-pin DIN plugs on one end and a big gameport-sized-n-shaped plug on the other. One end into the gameport, t'other plugs into the back of your keyboard. Bosh, job done.

   • 2001, uk.local.lincolnshire, Usenet:

     My father registered with these people a few months ago, and all his calls dried up. He was also of the opinion that he shouldn't need to register not to be disturbed, and he's pretty ruthless on the 'phone when he wants to be . . . but eventually he grew tired of it . . . bosh. Job done.

   • 2003, uk.rec.cars.misc, Usenet:

     Wrong, get a LPG diesel. More power than either, better economy than either, bosh, job's done.

Synonyms

• bish bash bosh

Anagrams

• HBOS
• hobs

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to Kurdish Sorani بۆش (bosh) with the same meaning

Adjective

bosh

1. empty (devoid of content)

Related terms

• mbush

Romani

Noun

bosh

1. fiddle

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč

Noun

bosh ‎(plural boshlar)

1. (anatomy) head
2. boss
3. beginning