skoosh
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal, chiefly Scotland) A squirt (of liquid).Examples: "But Mrs Strain ducked and dodged and weaved, keeping the bucket steady between her feet and managing to give the two or three cats running about the place a skoosh of milk straight from the udder into their mouth."; "1 pint of filtered water 2 dessert spoons of sugar (or honey) 4 nobs of butter (or one big lump) 1 big skoosh of lemon juice, hand squeezed 6 large free range eggs."Scotlandinformal
2. (informal, chiefly Scotland) Something very easy; a piece of cake.Examples: "After what we had learned in the Navy, police training was a skoosh."Scotlandinformal
verb (English)
1. (informal, chiefly Scotland) To squirt.Examples: "Untouchable. I am untouchable. I cannot touch. But in these other states, I am the citizen of many nations. To that woman on holiday in Millport many, many years ago, I am that cheeky wee boy who skooshed her in the face with my water pistol […]"; "She positions herself in the middle of each room, then sprays every surface as if she's Lara Croft holding one of those paintball guns. By the time I've mopped up all the puddles of polish she's skooshed on Mum's good furniture, […]"; "She shut the doors, covered the food and then skooshed DDT at them. That killed them all and we were choked but fly-free for a few minutes. I have no doubt Mrs Low's was the healthier option - however grotesque it may have been."Scotlandinformal
2. (informal) To squish, to smoosh.Examples: "Eternal Returnists believe that after you die you must return as every fly you ever swatted, every ant you ever skooshed, every mosquito, every spider, every animal you ever roared over on the highway with your Harley, whether you knew it or not […]"; "I tore my mayonnaise packet open with my teeth, squirted it on the bun, and skooshed it around to coat the alleged patty. Noah tapped his finger on my lunch tray. "You going to eat your fruit cup? You should.""informal
3. (informal, chiefly Scotland) To have an easy time.Scotlandinformal
noun (English)
1. (informal) A smidge, a small amount.Examples: "[…] his wife, who might have outweighed him by forty pounds, wore a cut-off sweatshirt over a red blouse, and what seemed to be men's Levis, cut with a bit more than "a skoosh more room," as the ads say."; "“Not even a little problem, just a skoosh of a problem, really.”"; "Off-balance myself, I skidded to one knee and got up just a skoosh slower than Beastie did."Synonyms: skosh, scooch, ace, tinge, atom, aught, bissel, bitinformal
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