ush

See also: Ush

English

Etymology 1

Back formation from usher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌʃ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Verb

ush (third-person singular simple present ushes, present participle ushing, simple past and past participle ushed)

1. (colloquial, rare, transitive and intransitive) To usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.
   • 2000, Jonathan Pearce, John-Browne's Body and Sole: A Semester of Life, BalonaBooks, published 2006, →ISBN, page 142:

     And she is Mrs. Freundlich’s dear friend, so old Mark, who was acting as usher, ushed her and Mrs. Preene to seats right up in front next to Claire so Mrs. Shaw could scope out everything I did.

Etymology 2

Clipping of usual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːʒ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːʒ

Adjective

ush (comparative more ush, superlative most ush)

1. Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:uzhe.

Noun

ush (plural not attested)

1. Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:uzhe.

Anagrams

• HUS, Hsu, Hus, SHU, Shu, Suh, shu', suh, uhs