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1 tosh
v.i. to overflow, to flood; to break out, to erupt. to’lib tosh to overflow (with); to reach the point of being overcome by emotion. yuragi/ichi toshdi to be frantic with boredom. qaynab tosh to boil over. (toshir)tosh tarozi, toshu taroziscale and weights. har erni qilma orzu, har erda bor tosh There’s no free lunch. tosh tarozidan tosh to cheat (in measuring) rock, stone; weight; rock hard. boshi toshga tegdi to regret one’s misdeeds. boshni toshga urib to break one’s neck (to no avail). bag’ri tosh odam cold as a stone, cold hearted.yurakdagi tosh weight upon one’s heart.yo’llarga tosh ter to pave a road. kerakli toshning og’irligi yo’q the necessary burden is easy to bear (=??).orqasidan tosh ot to throw a stone after s.o. or say bad words behind s.o. as they leave (with the belief that this will keep them from returning). og’zingga tosh Keep your trap shut!; Bite your tongue (said to one who says evil things). tosh boyla to take a long time to boil. samovar tosh boyladimi? What’s wrong with the samovar, why won’t it boil? tosh bos to have weight, to be weighty. tosh bosma lithograph.tosh bosmada bos to lithograph.tosh jinslari varieties of stone.tosh yo’l paved road.tosh yo’nuvchi stone mason.tosh koni stone quarry.tosh nok (bot.) a variety of pear.tosh paxta (coll.) asbestos.tosh taxta slate board.toshingni ter Make yourself useful! tosh teruvchi stone layer.tosh choy brick tea.tosh qalam slate pencil.tosh qot to become hard a s a stone; to sleep like a rock. tosh qurt toshi og’ir polvon a wrestler weighing many stone.toshidan kam keldi to come up short, to come up less than it weighed on the scale. tosh daraxt (bot.) Caucasian hackberry (s. qotrang’i).toshbaqa zool.tortoise, turtle. tosh qadam slow as a tortoise -
2 devor tosh
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3 marhaság
tosh, rot, imbecility -
4 глупост
folly, foolishness, stupidity, silliness(глупава постъпка) foolish/silly thing; piece of stupidity(безсмислица) nonsense, absurdity, inanityглупост и nonsense, stuff and nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, trashзанимавам се с глупости trifle away/waste o.'s timeизвършвам голяма глупост do a very foolish thingхарча си парите за глупости fritter away o.'s moneyглупости! nonsense! rubbish! разг. bosh! rot! tosh! стига си дрънкал глупости cut the cackle! стига тия глупост! stop that nonsense!* * *глу̀пост,ж., -и 1. folly, foolishness, stupidity, silliness; разг. dunderheadedness; goofiness; sl. numbskullery; ( глупава постъпка) foolish/silly thing; piece of stupidity; goof; ( безсмислица) nonsense, absurdity, inanity; fandangle; амер. baloney; разг. guff, hogwash, tripe, mumbo-jumbo; занимавам се с \глупости trifle away/waste o.’s time; fiddle-faddle; извършвам \глупостта да commit the folly of (с ger.); извършвам голяма \глупост do a very foolish thing; наивен до \глупост naive to the point of imbecility; той има \глупостта да he was so foolish as to; чиста \глупост sheer nonsense; tommyrot;2. само мн. nonsense, stuff and nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, tosh, trash; разг. tomfoolery, twaddle, drivel, pap, balls, bullshit, codswallop; flapdoodle; fudge; върша \глупости do silly things, commit indiscretions; \глупости! nonsense! rubbish! разг. bosh! rot! tosh! говоря \глупости talk nonsense (за about); talk a lot of trash, talk through o.’s hat; разг. talk through the back of o.’s head; fudge; пълни \глупости clotted nonsense; sl. a load of old cobblers; стига си дрънкал \глупости! cut the cackle! стига с тия \глупости! stop that nonsense! разг. don’t give me that! cut it out; харча парите си за \глупости fritter away o.’s money.* * *cloddishness; fatuity{fxtyuiti}; folly; foolery; unreason{En`ri;zn}; unwisdom* * *1. (безсмислица) nonsense, absurdity, inanity 2. (глупава постъпка) foolish/silly thing;piece of stupidity 3. folly, foolishness, stupidity, silliness 4. ГЛУПОСТ и nonsense, stuff and nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, trash: наивен до ГЛУПОСТ naive to the point of imbecilily 5. ГЛУПОСТи! nonsense! rubbish! разг. bosh! rot! tosh! стига си дрънкал ГЛУПОСТи cut the cackle! стига тия ГЛУПОСТ! stop that nonsense! 6. върша ГЛУПОСТи do silly things, commit indiscretions 7. говоря ГЛУПОСТи talk nonsense (за about);talk a lot of trash, talk through o.'s hat 8. занимавам се с ГЛУПОСТи trifle away/waste o.'s time 9. извършвам ГЛУПОСТта да commit the folly of (c ger.) 10. извършвам голяма ГЛУПОСТ do a very foolish thing 11. той има ГЛУПОСТта да he was so foolish as to 12. харча си парите за ГЛУПОСТи fritter away o.'s money 13. чиста ГЛУПОСТ sheer nonsense;tommyrot -
5 газеты полны вздора
1) General subject: (всякого) the papers are full of tosh2) Makarov: papers are full of tosh, the papers are full of toshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > газеты полны вздора
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6 дрън
1. bang! ( за нещо звънливо) clink, clang, clank(за струни) twang* * *дрън,междум.2. прен.: • \дрън-\дрън (ярина) blah blah; yap-yap, flimflam, bunkum, clothed nonsense; fiddlesticks, jiggery-pokery, tosh.* * *1. (за струни) twang 2. bang! (за нещо звънливо) clink, clang, clank 3. прен. ДРЪН - ДРЪН (ярина) yap-yap, flim-flam, bunkum, clothed nonsense; jiggery-pokery, tosh -
7 газеты полны всякого вздора
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > газеты полны всякого вздора
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8 глупости
blether, bosh, fiddlestick, flummery, gammon, humbug, nonsense, rats, rubbish, shucks, tommyrot, tomfoolery, tosh, trash, tripe, trumpery, twaddle* * *balderdash; haver{`heivx}; monkey-business: Stop talking глупости! - Престани да говориш глупости!; piffle; rubbish (прен.); (разг.): bosh, rot; tosh; yarn -
9 филькина грамота
прост., пренебр.a useless (mere) scrap of paper; tosh- Зачем нам нужна эта филькина грамота?! - Главный потряс в воздухе листками. - На какие нужды её прикажете употребить? (Я. Голованов, Кузнецы грома) — 'What good is this tosh to us?' The Chief Designer shook the sheets of paper in the air. 'What use do you advise us to make of it?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > филькина грамота
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10 mackintosh
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11 вздор
1) General subject: all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, balderdash, baloney, blather, blether, bosh, bull, bunk, crud, diddle daddle, eye-wash, fiddle de dee, fiddle faddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-faddle, fiddle-faddles, fiddlededee, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, flam, flimflam, flummery, fudge, hog-wash, humbug, jiggery pokery, jiggery-pokery, moonshine, mush, my rot, nonsense, penny gaff, porridge, rigmarole, rot, rubbish, ruck, shit, skimble skamble, skimble-skamble, slosh, slush (сентиментальный), spinach, toy, trash, waffle, wind, absurdness, extravagance, bletherskate, Utter rubbish, bullshit, flapdoodle, trifle2) Colloquial: blah, boshes, claptrap, cobblers, diddle-daddle, gaff, junk, piffle, skittle, tommy rot, tommyrot, truck, jabber3) American: buncombe, bunkum, bushwa, bushwah, pop (сокр. от poppycock), poppycock4) Australian slang: bollocks, bulldust, cowyard confetti, muck5) Cinema: hogwash6) Psychology: absurdity7) Jargon: apple sauce, ballyhoo, baloney boloney, banana oil, bazoo, boloney, codswallop, crock, eyewash, guff, hokum, hooey (that a lot of hooey; he is full of hooey), kibosh, phedinkus, rats, tosh, tripe, rhubarb, holly-golly, hully-gully, song and dance8) Advertising: flim-flam10) Invective: crap, hocky, hookey, hooky, shit for the birds11) Makarov: froth, nonsense (часто как восклицание)12) Taboo: poo -
12 вздор!
1) General subject: bosh, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, pooh, rats, rot, skittles!2) American: shucks3) Rare: gammon4) Rude: shit6) Simple: tosh7) Makarov: all my eye (and Betty Martin), stuff, stuff and nonsense! -
13 газету полны (всякого) вздора
General subject: the papers are full of toshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > газету полны (всякого) вздора
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14 газеты полны (всякого) вздора
General subject: the papers are full of toshУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > газеты полны (всякого) вздора
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15 ерунда!
1) General subject: fiddle (восклицание), gammon, get along with you!, humbug, piffle!, rot (выражает пренебрежение, презрение)2) Colloquial: piece of cake (= легко!)3) American: shucks (выражает презрение, пренебрежение)4) Obsolete: tilly-vally6) Simple: tosh7) Makarov: stuff and nonsense! -
16 косая забивка гвоздей
Forestry: skew nailing, toe nailing, tosh nailing, tusk nailingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > косая забивка гвоздей
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17 пенис
1) General subject: (половой) cock, penis2) Biology: phallus3) Colloquial: wand, gentleman's sausage4) Australian slang: old teller5) Euphemism: Uncle Sam6) Jargon: peen (short for penis), choad, braun7) Invective: bicho, jang, middle leg, piccolo (при оральном половом акте), pinga, tool, wag (обычно маленького мальчика), wang, ying-yang, Johnson, arm, cock, jing-jang, joy knob, joy-stick, pecker, pencil, peter, pole, prick, pud, pudding (особенно используемый при мастурбации), rod, whang, yang8) Taboo: Anglican length, Athenaeum, Cyclops, Fagan, Irish root, Jezebel, John, John Thomas, Little Willie, Long Dong Silver, Mister Tom, Mr Jones, Mr. Happy, Mr. Sausage, Oscar, Perce, Percy, Randy Rupert, Rumple Foreskin, Rupert, Spam javelin, Spurt Reynolds (игра слов на spurt и имени актера Burt Reynolds), Wolver, Zab (из арабского), ace poker, almond, arbor vitae, baby-maker, bacon bazooka, bald-headed hermit, banana, bat, baton, bazooka, bean, bean-tosser, beard-jammer, beaver cleaver, bed flute (см. pink oboe; особ. как объект орального секса), bell-rope, best leg of three, big bamboo, big daddy, bingey, bit of hard (см. hard-on), bit of snug, blade, blow stick, blowtorch, blue veined steak, bog bamboo, bolt, bone phone, bowel trowel, boy, boymeat, bozak, brush, business, button worker (см. button), cannon, captain, chanticleer, cheesepipe (см. cheese), cheesy wheelbarrow, chopper, chum, clam ram, cock-opener, cocklet, copper stick, corey, corker, corn beef cudgel, cory, crab ladder, crack-haunter, cracksman, crank, cranny-hunter, cream-stick, crimson crowbar, cuckoo, cucumber, custard cannon (см. lamb cannon, mutton musket), dagger, dang, dangle, dangler, dearest member, derrick, dick, diddle, dildo, ding dong, dingle-dangle, dinosaur, dipstick, dirk, dolly, dong, donger, doob, doodle (обыч. у ребенка), doover, dork, driving post, drumstick, dummy, (от еврейского 80+90, означающего буквы pay и tzadik, являющиеся эвфемизмом слова putz q.v.) eighty-ninety, eleventh finger, enob, eye opener, fallos, fanny battering ram, fanny rat, ferret (см. exercise the ferret), fiddle-bow (см. fiddle), fishing-rod, flapjack, flapper, fleshy fugelhorn, flip-flap, flute, fool-maker, fornicating engine, fornicator, four-eleven-forty-four (4-11-44), (4-9-3-11, по номерам букв в алфавите) four-nine-three-eleven, fuck stick, fuckstick, gap-stopper, gardener, generating tool, gibbon gristle, giggle-stick, girl-catcher, girlometer, goo gun, goober, goose's neck, gooser, gravy-giver, grinding tool, gristle, guided muscle (см. meat seeking pissile), gully raker, gun, gut-stick, hair-divider, ham howitzer, hambone, hammer, hampton (см. Hampton Wick), handstaff, hang down, hanging johnny (особ. у импотента или мужчины, зараженного венерическим заболеванием), happy lamp, hermit, hickey, hicky, high pressure vein cane, hissing Sid, holy iron, holy poker, honker, hood, hoop stretcher, hootchee, horn, horse, hot dog, hot rod, ice cream machine, inch, incher, instrument, jack, jack in the box, jammy, jerking iron, jigger, jiggling bore, jimmy, jing-jang (см. jang), jock, joint, jojo, jones, junior (обычно мужчина называет так свой собственный), key, kidney-scraper, kirp (перевертыш от prick q.v.), knob, knock, knocker, labia lard, ladies' delight, ladies' lollipop, lamb cannon, lamp of life, lance, langer, langolee, large lad, leather-stretcher, leg, lemon, length (см. yardage), lingam (из санскрита), lipstick (по аналогии с тем, как помада появляется из тюбика), little Davy, little brother (см. little sister), little finger, little friend, live rabbit, live sausage (см. sausage), liver tickler (см. lung disturber), living flute, lizard, lollipop, long John (об. большого размера), love muscle, love sausage, love torpedo, lucky Pierre, lullaby, luncheon truncheon, lung-disturber (см. kidney-wiper), mac, mack, mad mick, maggot, magic wand (особ. эрегированный), main cable, man Thomas, man-root, manhood, marrowbone, matrimonial peacemaker, meat, meat flute, meat seeking pissile, meat whistle, member, mickey, middle finger, milkman, mole, mouse, mouth-muscle, mulligan, mutton dagger (см. meat), mutton musket (см. lamb cannon), needle, nightstick, nimrod, nippy, nob, noodle, old Adam, old blind Bob, old fella, old horney, old man, old root, one eyed zipper fish, one-eyed milkman, one-eyed trouser-snake, one-holed flute, organ, pax-wax, peacemaker, pecnoster, pee-pee, peeny, peewee, peg, pen, pendulum (см. dingle dangle), perch, pestle (см. mortar), pickle, piece, pike staff, pile-driver, pillock, pin, pink Darth Vader (по имени одного из героев "Звездных войн" в каске специфической формы), pink cigar (особ. как объект фелляции), pink oboe (см. blue veined trumpet), pintle, pipe, pirate of men's pants, piss-maker, pisser, pisslit, pistol, piston, pizzle, plonker, plunger, pocket rocket, pointer, poker, poo pipe pirate, pood, poontanger, pork prescription, pork sword, porridge gun, power, pricklet, pride and joy, private property, prong, pulse, pump, pump action mottgun, pump-handle, pup, purple pearler, putter, putz, quim-stake, quim-wedge, rammer, ranger, rat, raw meat, reamer, rector of the females, red cap, red-hot poker, rhythm stick, rising main, roger, rolling pin, roly-poly, rooster, root, rotoplooker (произносится ro-to-ploo-ka), salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, screwdriver (см. screw), sexing piece, shaft, she, shit-disturber, shlong, shotgun, silent flute, skin boat, skin flute, skinflute (особ. как объект орального секса), sky-scraper, slug, snack (особ. как объект фелляции), snake, snorker, sperm worm, spindle, spout, staff, stalk, stem, stern-post, stick, sting, stormy dick, strap, strap-on, string, sucker, sugar-stick, swack, sweet meat, swipe, tadger, tail, tail-end, tail-pike, tallywag, tallywhacker, that thing, thing, thingumbob, third leg, tickler, timothy, tinkler, todger, tommy, tonge, tonk, toot meat, tosh, tossle, touch-trap, trouser snake, trouser trout, trumpet (см. blue veined trumpet, pink oboe), truncheon, tube, tummy banana, turkey neck, umbrella, unemployed, veiny bang stick, wab, weapon, wedge, wee-poh, whacker, whammer, whistle, wick, wiener, wigga-wagga, willie, willy, winkie, winkle, wire, wong, wriggling pole, yard, yosh, yutz, zipperfish, zubrick, zucchini, Baby spanner -
18 половой член
1) General subject: cock3) Dialect: pizzle (животного)4) Australian slang: old teller5) Rude: prick, donga (новозеландский сленг)6) Jargon: meat puppet, restless dragon (Дословно - неустающий дракон. Примечание - кто-то сильно льстит сам себе.), (ср. "пуденциал" в романе "Кысь" Т.Толстой) endowment, private, peen, braun, bulge, hilt7) Taboo: Anglican length (особ. большого размера), Athenaeum, Cyclops, Irish root, Jezebel, John, John Thomas, Johnson, Little Willie (особ. маленького мальчика), Perce, Percy, Randy Rupert, Rupert, Wolver, almond, arbor vitae (от лат. "древо жизни"), arm, baby-maker, bacon bazooka, bald-headed hermit, banana, bat, bean, bean-tosser, beard-jammer, beaver cleaver, beaver leaver, beef, beef bayonet, bell-rope, best leg of three, bicho (из испанского), big bamboo, big daddy, bingey, bit of hard (см. hard-on; эрегированный), bit of snug, blow stick, blowtorch, bog bamboo, business, button worker (см. button), captain, chanticleer, cheesy wheelbarrow, chopper, cock (особ. эрегированный), cock-opener, copper stick, corey, corn beef cudgel, crack-haunter, cracksman, crank, cranny-hunter, cream-stick, cuckoo, cucumber, dang, dearest member, derrick, dick, diddle, dik, dildo, dingle-dangle, dink, dipstick, dirk, dolly, dong, doob, dork, drumstick, dummy, eighty-ninety, enob (перевертыш от bone q.v), eye opener, fallos, fiddle-bow (см. fiddle), fishing-rod, flip-flap, flute, fool-maker, fornicating engine, fornicator, four-nine-three-eleven, fuckmeat, fuckpole, fuckstick, gap-stopper, gardener, generating tool, giggle-stick, girl-catcher, girlometer, goose's neck, gooser, gravy-giver, grinding tool, gristle, gully raker, gun, gut-stick, hair-divider, hambone, hammer, handstaff, hang down, hermit, holy iron (игра слов на hole q.v.), holy poker (игра слов на hole, poker и poke somebody), honker, hootchee, horn (особ. эрегированный), hot dog, instrument, jack, jack in the box, jak, jang, jerking iron, jigger, jiggling bore, jing-jang (см. jang), joint, jones, joy knob, joy-stick, key, kidney-scraper, knock, knocker, ladies' delight, ladies' lollipop, lamp of life, lance, langolee, leather-stretcher, little Davy, little brother (см. little sister), little finger, live rabbit, live sausage (см. sausage), living flute, lollipop, lullaby, lung-disturber (см. kidney-wiper), man Thomas, man-root, marrowbone, matrimonial peacemaker, meat, meaty flesh, member, (лат.) membrum virile, mickey, middle finger, mole, mouse, mutton dagger (см. meat), needle, nimrod, nippy, old Adam, old blind Bob, old horney, old man, old root, one-eyed milkman, one-holed flute, organ, pax-wax, pecker (в Великобритании обозначает нос), pecnoster (игра слов на pecker и pater noster), pee-pee, peg, pen, pencil, pendulum (см. dingle dangle), pestle (см. mortar), peter, pickle, piece, pike staff, pile-driver, pin, pinga (из испанского), pintle, piss-maker, pisser, pistol, piston, pizzle (обыч. животного), plonker, pointer, poker, pole, poontanger, pork sword, power, private property, pudding (особ. в связи с мастурбацией), pulse, pump, pump-handle, putz, quim-stake, quim-wedge, rammer, ranger, raw meat, reamer, rector, rector of the females, red cap, red-hot poker, rod, roger, rolling pin, roly-poly, rooster, root, sausage, schlong (из идиш), schmuck, sexing piece, shaft, she, shit-disturber, shotgun, silent flute, sky-scraper, snorker, spindle, spout, staff, stem, stern-post, stick, sting, sucker, sugar-stick, sweet meat, tadger, tail, tail-end, tail-pike, tallywag, tallywhacker, thing, thingumbob, tickler, timothy (особ. у ребенка), todger, tommy, tonge, tool, tosh, tossle, touch-trap, trouser trout, truncheon, tube, turkey neck, wag (особ. ребенка), wang, wanger, weapon, wee-poh, weiner, whammer, whang, whanger, whistle (особ. у ребенка), wiener (особ. в расслабленном состоянии), wigga-wagga, willie (особ. детский), winkie, winkle, wire, wriggling pole, yang (от китайского ying-yang инь и ян), yutz, zubrick (из арабского), zucchini, lunch box, ramrod8) Scuba diving: crotch -
19 чепуха
1) General subject: Mickey Mouse, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple sauce, applesauce, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bavardage, blague, boloney, crap, crud, drivel, drool, dust, fiddle de dee, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlededee, fiddlesticks, flam, fudge, gallimatia, gallimatias, havers, hogwash, humbug, jiggery pokery, jiggery-pokery, mush, my foot, nonsense, nonsense my (good) man!, oh, rubbish, pulp, punk, rubbish, ruck, shenanigan, skimble skamble, skimble-skamble, snap, stuff (stuff and nonsense! - вздор!), tilly vally, toys, trifle, twaddle, gobbledygook, blarney4) French: galimatias5) Obsolete: bilk6) Rare: squish7) Mathematics: trash8) Australian slang: borac, borack, borak, borax, codswallop, cowyard confetti, rot9) Diplomatic term: baloney10) Irish: codology11) Scornful: bollocks12) Jargon: bunk, chicken, crock, eyewash, fiddle-faddle, flannel, flub-dub, flush it, guff, hokum, holly-golly, hooey, hop, hully-gully, kibosh, phedinkus, piffle, radpberry, rats, razzberry, song and dance, spinach, toss, tripe, beans (Come on, talk straight.No more beans! Кончай, говори прямо.Довольно чепухи.), birdseed (Cut the birdseed. I'm not stupid, you know. Коняай пороть чепуху. Я не настолько глуп, ты знаешь.), gas (Hey, that's about enough of your gas. Эй, достаточно твоей чепухи.), macca (I'm off for a macca.), phooey (I've heard enough phooey. Let's get out of here.Я достаточно наслушался чепухи. Уходим отсюда.), falderal (Stop the falderal and get to work. Хватит молоть чепуху пошли работать.), bull-pucky (That's all just bull-pucky. Don't believe a word of it. Это всё чепуха. Не верь и слову.), Jackson, nurts, gubbish, hoo-ha (Stop talking hoo-ha and tell the truth. Прекрати болтать чепуху говори правду.), schmegegge, schmegeggy, horse hockey, slobber, fadoodie, fluff, fooey, fun and games, garbage, gibber-gabber, rhubarb13) Simple: tosh15) Makarov: a farrago of nonsense, a hill of beans, a piece of nonsense, apple, farrago of nonsense, hill of beans, nonsense (часто как восклицание), nonsense my good man!, nonsense my man!, nonsense, man!, piece of nonsense -
20 чепуха!
1) General subject: bosh, fiddle-de-dee (восклицание), fiddle-faddle, fiddle-faddles, fiddlesticks, not worth shucks!, pooh, rats, stuff and nonsense!2) Obsolete: tilly-vally3) Jargon: fudge4) Simple: tosh5) Makarov: all my eye (and Betty Martin)
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Tosh — may refer to:* Nyírtass, a Hungarian village, Yiddish name Tosh * Tosh (Hasidic dynasty) * Tosh (Fluke song) * UK slang term for nonsensePeople with the surname Tosh: * Tosh (surname)People with the given name Tosh: * Tosh Askew * Tosh Townend *… … Wikipedia
Tosh — ist der Familienname von mehreren Personen: Andrew Tosh (* 1967), jamaikanischer Reggaemusiker Daniel Tosh (* 1975), US amerikanischer Stand up Comedian und Fernsehmoderator Peter Tosh (1944–1987), jamaikanischer Sänger Stuart Tosh (* 1951),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tosh — Tosh, a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn, clipped, and E. tonsure.] Neat; trim. [Scot.] Jomieson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tosh — [tɔʃ US ta:ʃ] n [U] BrE informal nonsense ▪ What a load of old tosh! … Dictionary of contemporary English
tosh — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ rubbish; nonsense. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
tosh — [täsh] n., interj. [< ?] [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] nonsense … English World dictionary
tosh — mack·in·tosh; mack·in·tosh·ite; tosh; tosh·ly; … English syllables
tosh — n British 1. a term of address to a stranger, invariably used by a man to another man. This working class word, now obsolescent, was a favourite with spivs and young toughs in the 1950s and early 1960s. It can be used with bravado, in rough… … Contemporary slang
tosh — Eric Partridge records many meanings of ‘tosh’ in A Dictionary of Historical Slang, but none explains the friendly use of this term between men as an equivalent of ‘mate’, ‘chum’, etc. It was heard reasonably frequently in Britain in the 1950s … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
tosh — tosh1 /tosh/, n. Chiefly Brit. Informal. nonsense; bosh. [1890 95; perh. b. TRASH + BOSH1] tosh2 toshly, adv. /tosh/, Scot. v.t. 1. to make neat or tidy. adj. 2. neat; tidy. [1770 80; orig. uncert.] … Universalium
Tosh — Recorded as Tash, Tashe, Tasche, Tesh, and Tosh, this unusual surname is of early medieval English origin. It is a variant of the more familiar Ash or Nash, a topographical name from residence by a prominent ash tree. The derivation is from the… … Surnames reference