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

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

Karakalpak

Noun

dush

1. shower