tosh

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

onzin

zever

gebrabbel

Synoniemen

tommyrot

twaddle

humbug

claptrap

drool

baloney

bilgewater

nonsense

boloney

taradiddle

rubbish

bosh

tarradiddle

snake oil

fluff

hooey

poppycock

trash

applesauce

Vertalingen

sciocchezze

Quatsch

bêtise

disbarat

Fez

bêtises

poca-soltada

Unsinn

Schmonzes

Nebbich

αηδίες

balivernes

Stuss

bajanades

ximpleria

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɒʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Oudfrans: tonce

Verwant aan Engels: tonsure

In summary

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