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dush

dush

English

Alternative forms

  • doush, duish, doist, doose, doosht (Scotland)

Verb

dush ‎(third-person singular simple present dushes, present participle dushing, simple past and past participle dushed)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
  2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To fall violently; dash down; move with violence.

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣscan ‎(“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see adwesch). Cognate with Middle Low German duschen, German dialectal duschen ‎(“to beat, butt”). Compare also West Frisian dúste ‎(“to push, thrust, poke”),

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