cosh

Plural: coshes

Noun

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
• A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
• A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
• The cane.
• hyperbolic cosine

Verb

Verb Forms: coshed, coshing, coshes

• To strike or bludgeon someone with a cosh (a heavy club).
• hit with a cosh, usually on the head
• To strike with a weapon of this kind.

Adj

• cozy; snug

Examples

• He had to COSH his initial word idea and come up with something entirely new.

Synonyms

blackjack, sap

Related Words

bludgeon

Anagrams of cosh