ush

U1S1H4
/ʌʃ//juːʒ/

verb

To usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:uzhe.”

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Meanings

ush1

verbush (third-person singular simple present ushes, present participle ushing, simple past and past participle ushed)

present singular third person ushes · participle present ushing · participle past ushed · past ushed

  1. colloquialintransitiveraretransitiveTo usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.

    And she is Mrs. Freundlich’s dear friend, so old Mark, who was acting as usher, ushed her and Mrs. Preene to seats right up in front next to Claire so Mrs. Shaw could scope out everything I did.

    2000, Jonathan Pearce, John-Browne's Body and Sole: A Semester of Life, BalonaBooks, published 2006, →ISBN, page 142

ush2

adjectiveush (comparative more ush, superlative most ush)

comparative more ush · superlative most ush

  1. alternativeAlternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:uzhe.

nounush (plural ushes)

plural ushes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:uzhe.

USH3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of United States history.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of United States Highway.

Origin

ush · verb

Back-formation from usher.

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ush · adjective, noun

Clipping of usual.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ush

rushbrushrougeflushplushcrushblushhushthrushmushgushBrugeslugeslushtushinrushfrushshushsmushablushaflushagushgambogegert lush
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Anagrams

SHUHsuHussuh
Cite this entry
APA

ush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ush

MLA

“ush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ush. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ush,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ush.

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