coshed; coshing; coshes
Examples of cosh in a Sentence
Verb
He was coshed on the head.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Microsoft users are certainly under the security cosh right now, what with new and sneaky 2FA bypass threats, critical Outlook vulnerabilities, high-speed password hacking attacks and warnings for users of Windows 10 all hitting the headlines.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The men had no weapons on them beside their hard rubber coshes—short bludgeons or batons.
—Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
Although Napoli spent most of the first half and chunks of the second half under the cosh, Mertens was constantly causing trouble for the Salzburg defenders up the other end.
—SI.com, 23 Oct. 2019
Estranged allies of the BJP have come under the cosh, too, including two prominent figures in Hindu nationalist politics in the state of Maharashtra.
—The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
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Noun
The under-the-cosh visitors were able to take the lead before Leeds could even get a legal shot off in the second half.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Microsoft users are certainly under the security cosh right now, what with new and sneaky 2FA bypass threats, critical Outlook vulnerabilities, high-speed password hacking attacks and warnings for users of Windows 10 all hitting the headlines.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The men had no weapons on them beside their hard rubber coshes—short bludgeons or batons.
—Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
Although Napoli spent most of the first half and chunks of the second half under the cosh, Mertens was constantly causing trouble for the Salzburg defenders up the other end.
—SI.com, 23 Oct. 2019
Estranged allies of the BJP have come under the cosh, too, including two prominent figures in Hindu nationalist politics in the state of Maharashtra.
—The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
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“Cosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosh. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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