Sekirov Dictionary

posh

UK /pɒʃ/US /pɑʃ/

adjective 3
noun 5
exclamation 1
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective3

•
Associated with the upper classes.
- She talks with a posh accent.
•
Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
- After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.
•
(Scotland, Northern-England) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.
- We have a right posh git moving in next door.

noun5

Slush.
Fragments produced by an impact.
•
(dialect) A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain or water.
- Did yer see what a posh the water came down the bruck ater the thaw, and no wonder the snow was a fut deep. — 1897
(slang, no longer used) A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
(slang, no longer used) Money.

exclamation1

•
An exclamation expressing derision.
- The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him. — 1890

verb1

To make posh or posher (more posh).

forms

poshed · poshing · poshes · more posh · posher · most posh · poshest

Phrases with posh

posh up
To make posh, or posher; to poshen

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