bushed
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bush.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bushed
- (informal) Very tired; exhausted.
- After hours on the airplane and a long drive, I'm bushed.
- (Canada) Mentally unwell due to isolation, especially due to working in a remote mine or camp; experiencing cabin fever.
- After three weeks up there I was bushed and needed to get out.
- Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.
- 1960 December, “Thee first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:
- Body weight is carried directly by the lower ends of rubber-bushed swing links of 19.6 in. effective length.
- (Australia) Lost in the bush. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 271:
- ‘She changes her shape depending on which way you're coming at her. Once you know the contours of Bulgonunna you'll never get bushed in this country.’
Synonyms[edit]
- beat; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
Translations[edit]
very tired; exhausted