cosh

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cosh1 /kɒʃ $ kɑːʃ/ noun [countable]  1. PMWSCCa heavy weapon in the shape of a short thick pipe 〔作武器用的〕短棒n2  under the cosh British English informal in a difficult situation and under a lot of pressure A lot of people are under the cosh financially at present.

Examples from the Corpus

cosh• In a crisis it could have doubled as a draught excluder or, if the pub got rough, as a cosh.• The Millwall brick, for example, was a newspaper folded again and again and squashed together to form a cosh.• Guided by the sound, Dunn moved in and whacked him on the head with a spring-loaded cosh.• Everybody's under the cosh financially these days.• He was still turning when the cosh struck him behind the ear.cosh2 verb [transitive]  HITto hit someone with a cosh 用短棒打→ See Verb table

cosh1 nouncosh2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese  

weapon short a a in thick Corpus the shape of heavy

cosh

I

cosh¹ /kɒʃ $ kɑːʃ/ noun [countable]
a heavy weapon in the shape of a short thick pipe

II

cosh² verb [transitive]
to hit someone with a cosh