dush

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/dʌʃ/

verb

To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.

OriginMiddle English dusshen ← Old English dwǣsċan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person dushes · participle present dushing · participle past dushed · past dushed · alternative Scotland doush · alternative Scotland duish · alternative Scotland doist · alternative Scotland doose · alternative Scotland doosht

  1. UKdialectaltransitiveTo strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
  2. UKdialectalintransitiveTo fall violently; dash down; move with violence.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdwǣsċan“to put out, extinguish, destroy”
  2. Middle Englishdusshen
  3. Englishdush

From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣsċan (“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see Middle English adweschen). 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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APA

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MLA

“dush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dush.

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