dush

English

Alternative forms

• doush, duish, doist, doose, doosht (Scotland)

Etymology

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”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To fall violently; dash down; move with violence.

Derived terms

• dushed/dusht

Anagrams

• HUDs, huds, shud

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʃ/

Noun

dush m (plural dushe, definite dushi, definite plural dushet)

1. showerhead
2. shower

Declension

Declension of dush

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dush	dushe	dushi	dushet
accusative			dushin
dative	dushi	dusheve	dushit	dushevet
ablative		dushesh

Karakalpak

Noun

dush

1. shower