cosh

kɒʃ

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Definition of cosh - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

combat

Rare

weapon made of leather-covered metal

Rare

The thief carried a cosh in his pocket.

bludgeon

sap

mathematics

TECH.

hyperbolic cosine function in mathematics

TECH.

The equation included a cosh term.

hyperbolic cosine

hyperbolic function

Verb

tr.

physical attack

Rare

strike someone using a short, heavy club-like weapon

Rare

The thief coshed the guard during the robbery.

bludgeon

club

hit

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under the cosh

adj.

feeling a lot of pressure or stress

The team is really under the cosh this season.

Origin of cosh

Romani, kosh (stick, cudgel)

Terms with cosh included in their meaning

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hyperbolic cosine

advanced math

cosh function, equals (e^x + e^-x) divided by two

hyperbolic function

real analysis

functions sinh, cosh, tanh and others, matching trigonometric patterns

Examples of cosh in a sentence

Security found a cosh hidden in the suspect's bag.
The graph plotted the cosh function.
Cosh appears in the solution of the equation.
He was coshed from behind in the alley.
The gang planned to cosh the unsuspecting victim.

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French:matraque, assommer, ...
German:Totschläger, verprügeln, ...
Italian:manganello, colpire, ...
Spanish:porra, golpear, ...
Portuguese:cassetete, atingir com um cassetete, ...
Chinese:短棍, 用警棍打, ...
Japanese:コッシュ, 殴る, ...
Arabic:هَرَاوة, ضَرَبَ بِعَصًا غَلِيظَة, ...
Hebrew:אֵלַת עוֹר, לְהַכּוֹת, ...
Russian:дубинка, ударить дубинкой, ...
Ukrainian:дубинка, вдаряти, ...
Hindi:चमड़े का हथियार, कॉश से मारना, ...
Bengali:কশ, আঘাত করা, ...
Catalan:porra, colpejar, ...
Czech:obušek, praštit, ...
Danish:kølle, slå, ...
Dutch:knots, knuppelen, ...
Greek:ρόπαλο, χτυπώ, ...
Hungarian:bunkósbot, leütni, ...
Khmer:ដំបង, វាយនឹងដំបងខ្លីធ្ងន់, ...
Korean:곤봉, 때리다, ...
Persian:چماق چرمی, با چماق زد, ...
Polish:pałka, uderzyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):cassetete, agredir, ...
Romanian:baston, a lovi cu bastonul, ...
Swedish:batong, slå, ...
Thai:กระบองหนัง, ตี, ...
Turkish:sopa, vurmak, ...
Vietnamese:dùi cui, đánh, ...

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