Meaning

(chiefly British) Nonsense..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly British) Nonsense.
2. (chiefly British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
3. The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
4. (British, chiefly Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.
5. (British) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
6. (UK, slang, transitive) To consume (illicit drugs).
7. A fiddle (musical instrument).

Example Sentences

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

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.

Oliver saw Kit Carson wink at the lieutenant and Lucien Maxwell, as the speech reached them, and it was evident that these three leaders did not believe the Indian tales. Consequently he himself decided that the reports of "evil spirits" awaiting were all bosh.

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

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

“The people who wrote the mediaeval ballads,” answered the priest, “knew more about fairies than you do. It isn’t only nice things that happen in fairyland.” “Oh, bosh!” said Flambeau. “Only nice things could happen under such an innocent moon. I am for pushing on now and seeing what does really come. We may die and rot before we ever see again such a moon or such a mood.”

to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"

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.

Word Forms

• boshes
• boshing
• boshed

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