Bush

See also: bush

English

Etymology

Either the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊʃ/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /bʉʃ/
• Homophone: bush
• Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Proper noun

Bush (plural Bushes)

1. A surname from Middle English.
   1. George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993

      Synonyms: Bush 41, Poppy

   2. George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

      Synonyms: Bush 43, Bushinator, Bushitler, Chimperor, Chimpy, Chimpy McFlightsuit, Chimpy McHalliburton, Chimpy McHitlerburton, Dubya, GW, GWB, Shrub, Shrubya

      • 2000 August 24, William Safire, “Essay; Pardon Me, But . . .”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

        This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee. It's time he chose the hard right over the easy wrong answer. (For Bush, it would be an opportunity to demonstrate nonpartisan compassion on a grand scale.)

Derived terms

• Bush 41
• Bush 43
• Bushbama
• Bushian
• Bushie
• Bushinator
• Bushism
• Bushist
• Bushite
• Bushitler
• Bushlicker
• Bushonomics
• Bushtard
• GW
• GWB

Translations

surname

• Arabic: بُوش (būš)
• Armenian: Բուշ (Buš)
• Azerbaijani: Buş
• Belarusian: Буш (Buš)
• Bulgarian: Буш (Buš)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 布殊 (bou³ syu⁴)

  Mandarin: 布什 (zh) (Bùshí), 布希 (zh) (Bùxī)

• French: Bush (fr)
• Georgian: ბუში (buši)
• Greek: Μπους (el) (Bous)
• Hebrew: בוש (bush)
• Hindi: बुश (buś)
• Italian: Bush m or f
• Japanese: ブッシュ (ja) (Busshu)
• Korean: 부시 (ko) (Busi)
• Latvian: Bušs
• Macedonian: Буш (Buš)
• Old Church Slavonic: Боушъ (Bušŭ)
• Persian: بوش (fa) (buš)
• Portuguese: Bush m or f
• Russian: Буш (ru) (Buš)
• Serbo-Croatian: Буш m
• Thai: บุช (bùch)
• Ukrainian: Буш (Buš)
• Urdu: بش (buś)
• Vietnamese: Bu-sơ

Anagrams

• hubs, husb., Shub

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʃ/^*
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Proper noun

Bush ?

1. A surname in English