thrush

¹

[ thruhsh ]

noun

1. any of numerous, medium-sized songbirds of the family Turdinae, usually dull brown and often speckled below, and including many outstanding singers.
2. any of various superficially similar birds, as the water thrushes.
3. Slang. a female professional singer, especially of popular songs.

thrush

²

[ thruhsh ]

noun

1. Pathology. a disease, especially in children, characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, fauces, etc., caused by a parasitic fungus, Candida albicans.
2. Veterinary Pathology. (in horses) a diseased condition of the frog of the foot.

thrush

¹

/ θrʌʃ /

noun

1. 1. a fungal disease of the mouth, esp of infants, and the genitals, characterized by the formation of whitish spots and caused by infection with the fungus Candida albicans
   2. another word for sprue 1
2. a softening of the frog of a horse's hoof characterized by degeneration and a thick foul discharge

thrush

²

/ θrʌʃ /

noun

1. See water thrush
   any songbird of the subfamily Turdinae, esp those having a brown plumage with a spotted breast, such as the mistle thrush and song thrush: family Muscicapidae Compare water thrush turdine

thrush

/ thrŭsh /

1. An infectious disease, caused by the fungus Candida albicans, characterized by small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and sometimes accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea. Thrush is most often seen in infants, children, and people with impaired immune systems.
2. A degenerative condition of a horse's foot, usually caused by unhygienic management.

Other Words From

• thrushlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrush¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English thrusche, Old English thrȳsce; cognate with Old High German drōsca

Origin of thrush²

First recorded in 1655–65; akin to Danish tröske, Swedish torsk

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrush¹

C17: related to Old Danish törsk, Danish troske

Origin of thrush²

Old English thrӯsce; related to Old High German drōsca; see throstle , throat

Example Sentences

In 2020, a team documented a similar pattern in thrush nightingales, a robin-like songbird.

From Popular-Science

Its authors speculate that kombucha “may be very healthful” in combating yeast infections, thrush, and other forms of candidiasis.

From The Daily Beast

In the fork of two high branches was a great round nest—oh ever so much bigger than the thrush's and the oriole's.

From Project Gutenberg

She was twelve years his senior but well preserved and "plump as a thrush after harvest."

From Project Gutenberg

As she worked, a wood thrush called far off, his last long-drawn note ringing like a sweet, wistful fairy horn.

From Project Gutenberg

We walked on so together to the spot where we first had met, and where first the thrush had sounded for us his elfin clarion.

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A wood-thrush flitted from a ravine as she and Bub went back down the creek—and she stopped with uplifted face to listen.

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