dush
/dʌʃ/verb
dush is spelled D-U-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dush means “To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dush?
| Letters | 4: D-U-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dush?
Dush appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dush?
- /dʌʃ/
Dush has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dush?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dush.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shud.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dush
- dushes present, singular, he/she/it
- dushing participle, present
- dushed participle, past
- doush
- duish
- doist
- doose
- doosht
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dush mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKTo strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
- 2
UKTo fall violently; dash down; move with violence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dush come from?
From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣsċan (“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see Middle English adweschen). Cognate with Middle Low German duschen, German dialectal duschen (“to beat, butt”). Compare also West Frisian dúste (“to push, thrust, poke”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).