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▪ I. skoosh, n. Sc. colloq.
Brit. |skuːʃ|, U.S. |skuʃ|, Sc. |skuʃ|
Forms: 19– scoosh, 19– skoosh
[‹ skoosh v.]
1.
a. A drink, esp. a carbonated soft drink.
1959I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 165 In Lydney lemonade (or cider) is ‘squouk’, and in Kirkcaldy it is commonly ‘skoosh’ (literally, a squirt), which can also be ginger ale. 1985M. Munro Patter 63 Gie's a slug a yer skoosh. 1992I. Banks Crow Road (1993) ix. 221 ‘Have some skoosh,’ Ash said. She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru. 2002Express (Nexis) 20 May 5 It's called a Walking Bus but is no more than a couple of adults accompanying children to school, instead of being delivered in a monstrous, bull-barred 4WD munching crisps, burgers and swigging cans of skoosh.
b. A squirt, wash, or spray of liquid, an aerosol, etc.
1992Re: Rev.: Severed Heads—Twister EP in rec.music.industrial (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Sept. They were geriatric pigs who had decided to bring themselves up to date a bit by giving their greying bristles a quick skoosh of hair dye. 1997A. Warner These Demented Lands 167 The vessel..mounted up onto the land on wheels, great scooshes of water flooding off its flanks. 2002Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 4 July The average man's idea of grooming and preparation for a big date is a quick skoosh of underarm deodorant and a ‘you look gorgeous’ smile at himself in his mirror.
2. A very easily accomplished task. Also skoosh case.
1985M. Munro Patter 63 The drivin test wis a skoosh. 1992J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xvii. 151 Get your tank on Flying Fox in the three-thirty the day. A skoosh case. 1994J. Kelman How Late it Was 58 Sammy made it across the bridge and up the flats; it wasnay a scoosh case; he battled it out. 2002Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Nov. 27 Behind the wheel, the driver enjoys a panoramic view, with the huge expanse of glass throughout making juggling through the traffic a skoosh.
▪ II. skoosh, v. Sc. colloq.
Brit. |skuːʃ|, U.S. |skuʃ|, Sc. |skuʃ|
Forms: 18– scoosh, 19– schoosh, 19– skoosh
[Imitative; compare sloosh v., scoot v.1]
1.
a. intr. Of a liquid: to gush, spurt, or squirt. Also: to emit liquid in a gush.
1890J. Coghill Poems 120 It wad scoosh awa' roun' muckle stanes. 1933in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word), A boy of 11 stabbed him and he was ‘skooshing with blood’. 1965J. K. Annand Sing it Aince 36 Water coloured pink That I can hae to synd my mou' Syne skoosh intil his sink. 1999Herald (Glasgow) 6 May 19/6 The blood scooshed from his finger.
b. trans. To squirt or spray (a liquid); to wet with a jet or spray of liquid.
1985L. Lochhead True Confessions 8 You scoosh ‘Yes please’ Behind your knees And ask him what he's got planned. 1992I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 54 Let's skoosh them. She picks up a trailing hosepipe. Lets Gash and Burney have it with a strong jet of water. 1997Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 23 July Scoosh a decongestant up your nose at least an hour before landing.
2. intr. To move rapidly, esp. (of a vehicle) with a swishing sound; to depart quickly. Also in imper. (Children's slang): ‘go away!’ ‘run for it!’.
1904Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 256/1 Scoosh, to rush for shelter. 1911N. Munro MacPhersons at ‘Ex.’ in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxxiv. 156 It must be fine to be a pan-drop! said the inventive sowl, and skooshed awa hame at yince and took oot a patent. 1928Bellshill Speaker 12 Oct. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word), I'd see the buses schooshin' by. 1959I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 193 Juvenile language is well stocked..with expressions inviting a person's departure, for instance..scoosh (Kirkcaldy). 1961‘Castlegreen’ Tatties an' Herreen' 21 D'ye see 'e wey they wheech along an' scoosh roon' 'e coarners? 1965J. T. R. Ritchie Golden City 35 ‘Ring!’—ye ring the bell; ‘Bang!’—ye kick the door; ‘Scoosh!’—ye run for it. 1989L. Lochhead Mary Queen of Scots ii. vii. 66 Wee Betty: Skoosh! Richie: Skedaddle. Wee Betty: See you later, alligator! 1991A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's ix. 103 There are other memories too..the ‘automatic’ chippery where, for tuppence, a poke of vinegared chips came scooshing at you down a chute.
Compounds. skoosh car n. (esp. in Glasgow) a tram (now hist. and rare).
1904H. Foulis Erchie viii. 48 Doon the length o' Yoker on the *skoosh car. 1929Scots Observer 2 July 11/3 Skoosh caurs whizzin' by to places wi' comic names like Auchenshuggle. 2001R. Kenna Glasgow Pub Compan. (ed. 2) 70/1 In 1898, the introduction of electric tramcars—so fast they were dubbed ‘scooshcaurs’—challenged the Cluthas and their services terminated in 1903. |