cosh
Translingual
Pronunciation
- English:
- IPA(key): /kɒʃ/, /kɒsˈeɪt͡ʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɒʃ
Symbol
cosh
- (trigonometry) The symbol of the hyperbolic function hyperbolic cosine.
Usage notes
The symbol cosh is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard. The symbol ch is also in use, and is especially favoured in French- and Russian-language texts.
See also
- cos
- sinh
- tanh
English
Etymology 1
Probably from Romani košter (“stick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɒʃ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒʃ
Noun
cosh (plural coshes)
- A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
- (UK, education, slang, dated) The cane.
- 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren (page 374)
- There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]
- 2019, John Loveday, The Boy from Rod Alley (page 115)
- Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]
- 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren (page 374)
Derived terms
- chemical cosh
- cosh pocket
- liquid cosh
- under the cosh
Verb
cosh (third-person singular simple present coshes, present participle coshing, simple past and past participle coshed)
- (transitive) To strike with a weapon of this kind.
See also
- bludgeon
Adjective
cosh (comparative more cosh, superlative most cosh)
- (Scotland) cosy; snug
Anagrams
- CHOs, COHs, Chos, OHCs, SOHC, Sohc
Manx
Noun
cosh
- (obsolete, except for set phrases) dative singular of cass
- ry-chosh ― on foot
- fo chosh ― underfoot
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cosh | chosh | gosh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Narragansett
Noun
còsh
- possessed form of osh: your father
Further reading
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, OCLC 41412195, page 28
Yola
Adjective
cosh
- Alternative form of coshes
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 10:
- az Irishmen, an az dwellerès na cosh an loyale o' Baronie Forthe,
- as Irishmen, and as inhabitants, faithful and loyal, of the Barony Forth,
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 116