busher

[ boo sh-er ]

/ ˈbʊʃ ər /

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noun Baseball Slang.

bush leaguer(def 1).

Nearby words

bushel, bushelbasket, busheled iron, bushelful, bushelman, busher, bushfire, bushfly, bushhammer, bushido, bushie

Origin of busher

1910–15, Americanism; bush¹ (league¹) + -er¹

Definition for busher (2 of 2)

bush

[ boo sh ]

/ bʊʃ /

noun

a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.

a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.

something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.

Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, especially a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.

the tail of a fox; brush.

Geography. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.

a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.

a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.

a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.

any tavern sign.

Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair.

Archaic. a wineshop.

verb (used without object)

to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.

verb (used with object)

to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.

adjective

bush-league.

Origin of bush

before 1000; Middle English busshe, Old English busc (in place-names); cognate with Dutch bos wood, German Busch, Old Norse buskr bush

Related forms

bush·less, adjectivebush·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for busher

I was pitching in the big league when you were a busher and Ill be pitching in it yet when youre fired back to the minors.
Baseball Joe on the Giants|Lester Chadwick
Early Baptists like Busher and Richardson had finely denied its validity.
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham|Harold J. Laski
Then he was just a busher, a rookie, a nobody who had his reputation yet to win.
Baseball Joe on the Giants|Lester Chadwick
These mishaps must have got on Burketts nerves, for he squarely muffed Thompsons pop fly that any busher could have caught.
Baseball Joe in the World Series|Lester Chadwick

Many a busher I have seen go back who has tried hard to make good and just could not, and I have felt sorry for him.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson

British Dictionary definitions for busher (1 of 3)

Bush

/ (bʊʃ) /

noun

George . born 1924, US Republican politician; vice president of the US (1981–89): 41st president of the US (1989–93)

his son, George W (alker). born 1946, US Republican politician; 43rd president of the US (2001–09)

British Dictionary definitions for busher (2 of 3)

bush

/ (bʊʃ) /

noun

a dense woody plant, smaller than a tree, with many branches arising from the lower part of the stem; shrub

a dense cluster of such shrubs; thicket

something resembling a bush, esp in densitya bush of hair

the bush an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
(as modifier)bush flies

Canadian an area of land on a farm on which timber is grown and cutAlso called: bush lot, woodlot

a forested area; woodland

the bush informal the countryside, as opposed to the cityout in the bush

a fox's tail; brush

obsolete

a bunch of ivy hung as a vintner's sign in front of a tavern
any tavern sign

beat about the bush to avoid the point at issue; prevaricate

adjective

Australian and NZ informal rough-and-ready

Western African informal ignorant or stupid, esp as considered typical of unwesternized rustic life

US and Canadian informal unprofessional, unpolished, or second-rate

go bush informal, Australian and NZ

to abandon city amenities and live rough
to run wild

verb

(intr) to grow thick and bushy

(tr) to cover, decorate, support, etc, with bushes

bush it (tr) Australian to camp out in the bush

Word Origin for bush

C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse buski, Old High German busc, Middle Dutch bosch; related to Old French bosc wood, Italian bosco

British Dictionary definitions for busher (3 of 3)

bush

/ (bʊʃ) /

noun

Also called (esp US and Canadian): bushing a thin metal sleeve or tubular lining serving as a bearing or guide

verb

to fit a bush to (a casing, bearing, etc)

Word Origin for bush

C15: from Middle Dutch busse box, bush; related to German Büchse tin, Swedish hjulbōssa wheel-box, Late Latin buxis box 1

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Idioms and Phrases with busher

bush

see beat around the bush; beat the bushes for; bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

busher

noun Baseball Slang.

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