brush

Naija

Alternative forms

• jaw 0.78 20, cocoyam 0.77 22, mortar 0.75 19, egusi 0.72 35, maggi 0.72 23, baff 0.72 37, bitterleaf 0.72 18, plug 0.72 9, slice 0.71 18

Etymology

Borrowed from English brush

Pronunciation

• brɔ̂ʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2775
• Frequency in raw corpus: 15
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 6284

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

brush: Slang: to kick another person's leg with yours -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If you no take time, I go brush you now.  — (If you are not careful, I will kick your legs.)

2. mark-obj (frequency:2)

   Sand to brush teeth?  — (bbc__86937, __no translation__)

   to brush your hair, bring out powder and make up plus check which cloth you wan wear na di last tin wey go dey your mind, she write.  — (bbc__3167, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• jaw 0.78 20, cocoyam 0.77 22, mortar 0.75 19, egusi 0.72 35, maggi 0.72 23, baff 0.72 37, bitterleaf 0.72 18, plug 0.72 9, slice 0.71 18

Antonyms

• jaw 0.78 20, cocoyam 0.77 22, mortar 0.75 19, egusi 0.72 35, maggi 0.72 23, baff 0.72 37, bitterleaf 0.72 18, plug 0.72 9, slice 0.71 18

Translations

• English: Slang: to kick another person's leg with yours