bushed

English

Etymology

From bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊʃt/

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• Rhymes: -ʊʃt

Adjective

bushed

1. (informal) Very tired; exhausted.

   After hours on the airplane and a long drive, I'm bushed.

2. (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.

3. 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.

4. (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

• beat; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

Derived terms

• unbushed

 

Translations

very tired; exhausted

• Dutch: uitgeput (nl), doodmoe (nl), bekaf (nl)
• French: crevé (fr)
• German: fertig (de), erledigt (de), kaputt (de)
• Swedish: förbuskad

Anagrams

• dehubs, subhed