bosh Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
    taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot; twaddle.

WordNet

Bosh noun
Etymology
Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.
Definitions
  1. Figure; outline; show. Obs.
Bosh noun
Etymology
Turk.
Definitions
  1. Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. Colloq.
Bosh noun
Etymology
Cf. G. böschung a slope.
Wordforms
plural Boshes
Definitions
  1. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
  2. pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
  3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

Webster 1913