tosh

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adv

Toshly: neatly, tidily

Noun

1. (British, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Copper; items made of copper.
2. (British, rare, slang, uncountable) Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
3. (British, slang, uncountable) Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash
4. (UK, countable) A bath or foot pan
5. (derogatory, slang, uncountable) Easy bowling
6. (UK, humorous, slang, uncountable) Used as a form of address.

Verb

1. (British, obsolete, slang) To steal copper, particularly from ship hulls
2. (British, slang, uncommon) To search for valuables in sewers
3. (UK) To use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath"

Adj

1. (Scotland, obsolete) Tight.
2. (Scotland) Neat, clean; tidy, trim.
3. (Scotland) Comfortable, agreeable; friendly, intimate.

Verb

To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim.

Noun

1. (British, countable, obsolete, slang) A half-crown coin; its value
2. (British, countable, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value
3. (British, archaic, slang, uncountable) Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage

Konzepte

Quatsch

Fez

Stuss

Unsinn

Schmonzes

Nebbich

Synonyme

tommyrot

twaddle

humbug

claptrap

drool

baloney

bilgewater

nonsense

boloney

taradiddle

rubbish

bosh

tarradiddle

snake oil

fluff

hooey

poppycock

trash

applesauce

Übersetzungen

onzin

sciocchezze

bêtise

disbarat

αηδίες

balivernes

poca-soltada

bêtises

galimatias

sottise

connerie

fadaise

niaiserie

p

bajanades

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/tɒʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Altfranzösisch: tonce

Verwandt mit Englisch: tonsure

In summary

Compare Old French tonce (“shorn, clipped”) and English tonsure.