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
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?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- If you no take time, I go brush you now. — (If you are not careful, I will kick your legs.)
- 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__)
Derived forms
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