Cosh is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like blackjack or sap. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cosh meaning
- A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
- The cane.
Using Cosh
- The main meaning on this page is: A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack. | A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon. | The cane.
- Useful related words include: blackjack, sap, bludgeon, hit.
- In the example corpus, cosh often appears in combinations such as: the cosh, colby cosh, with cosh.
Context around Cosh
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cosh
- In this selection, "cosh" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colby, emma, last, leading and 2019 stand out and add context to how "cosh" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include under the cosh and colby cosh on coronavirus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cosh" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cosh
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Colby Cosh on coronavirus: The near future? (7 words)
Perfect start for Liverpool as Arsenal are under the cosh already. (11 words)
Another penalty advantage for South Africa with Argentina already right under the cosh. (13 words)
Liam Neeson, 66, who has starred in multiple revenge dramas over the years, recently said in an interview that he once wanted to kill a black man with a cosh after a friend of his was raped. (37 words)
Fever’s engine room continued to grind away, with wing attack and player of the match Emma Cosh leading the feed count at 44 and Verity Charles winning match honours over her opponent Laura Langman. (35 words)
He then armed himself with a cosh and spent a week of his life hoping a “black bastard” would “have a go at me about something so that I could kill him”. (32 words)
Colby Cosh on coronavirus: The near future? (7 words)
Example sentences (11)
He grabbed his chance and made 82 off 81 balls, a mature knock when the team was under the cosh.
Another penalty advantage for South Africa with Argentina already right under the cosh.
Australia were under the cosh last week when Argentina clawed them in the scrum, but their change in personnel gave them a better grip on proceedings on Tuesday.
Colby Cosh on coronavirus: The near future?
Despite being under the cosh for the large part of the opening period, Bechem United broke the deadlock in the 28th minute.
Fever’s engine room continued to grind away, with wing attack and player of the match Emma Cosh leading the feed count at 44 and Verity Charles winning match honours over her opponent Laura Langman.
He then armed himself with a cosh and spent a week of his life hoping a “black bastard” would “have a go at me about something so that I could kill him”.
I don’t claim that those working in universities are uniquely under the cosh – most definitely not.
Liam Neeson, 66, who has starred in multiple revenge dramas over the years, recently said in an interview that he once wanted to kill a black man with a cosh after a friend of his was raped.
Perfect start for Liverpool as Arsenal are under the cosh already.
Which leads to us to the true Canadian angle, copyright Colby J. Cosh 2019 (all rights reserved).
Common combinations with cosh
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: