bush
- noun
- /bʊʃ/
- Offensive
- He does have a bush on him.
Examples
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We're gonna get some trim tonight, but no bush because, well, bush is bad.
Blog text (27) -
Remember the guy who asked you to cut your bush?
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"A man has a bush, sure, but a woman is a bush," Richard says.
Fiction book (1995) -
Thank God, you finally got rid of that bush.
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I heard she had her bush in rollers or something.
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Don't look now, but I see a little bush with your name written all over it.
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There is a swatch of bush hair, a lighter color.
Fiction book (2001) -
I finally decided to embrace my natural look and stop shaving my bush.
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After a few weeks of growing it out, he was proud of his new bush.
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She joked about how her bush had become a true wilderness.
Synonyms
Hair that grows around the private parts during the teenage years
A rude word for pubic hair found in old books
Hair that grows in the area between the legs and the lower belly
Compounds
The United States government led by President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009
- Specialized
A plant with white flowers that gives off a gas that can burn in hot weather
- South African
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
- Slang
A low-level baseball league often used to describe something of lower quality
A desert shrub with sticky leaves that have a strong smell and small yellow flowers
- Literature
An evergreen shrub that grows in dry places with small thin leaves and berries
A small bush from North America with pretty leaves, flowers, and bright fruit
- UK
A loose jacket like a shirt with four pockets and a belt that people wear in hot places
- Australian
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
A North American shrub with leaves in three parts that makes bright red berries
- US
An evergreen bush with small clustered flowers that spreads in the southwestern United States
- Australian
An evergreen shrub with many daisy-like flowers and sometimes fragrant leaves grown in gardens
- US
A scented desert shrub with brittle stems, yellow flowers, and a sticky resin used in incense
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
- South African
A small tree from South Africa with yellow flowers that grows near streams
- US
A small bush from eastern North America with leaves that have a strong smell and red or yellow berries
A shrub with bright red or orange leaves that gardeners plant to add color to gardens
A low bush that grows along the ground and makes small dark berries like blackberries
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
- US
A scented shrub with many small yellow flowers that people use to make yellow dye
- Specialized
A plant with leaves in three parts and clusters of yellow or purple flowers
A small garden plant with deep yellow flowers that stays compact and blooms all summer
A North American shrub or small tree with three-lobed leaves and clusters of red berries
- US
A thorny plant from tropical America with yellow fragrant flowers used to make perfume
- Specialized
A bush that loses its leaves in winter with fragrant leaves, yellow flowers, and red or yellow berries
- South African
A small bright African bird with a black face and a musical song
- UK
A European climbing plant with thin stems and purple flowers often growing as a weed in hedges
The United States government led by President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993
- US
An evergreen shrub also called mountain laurel, with glossy leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in North America
A short upright plant that grows large glossy purple eggplants used as a vegetable
A bush with white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
- US
An evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and pink flower clusters that grows in the southeastern United States
- US
An evergreen shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for gardens or as a houseplant
How Much Hair
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bush as slang for pubic hair comes from the image of a 'thicket' or dense growth, like a small plant or a bushy patch. So using bush for hair is a simple metaphor: a bunch of hair is like a little 'thicket'.