Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form or drill a new mouth or vent in, as in a gun which has been spiked.
- noun In the ancient French monarchy, the service of the king's table, under the direction of the master of the king's household.
- noun A certain allowance of provisions made by a king to those who obeyed his summons to the field, according to the feudal system of military service.
- noun Any supply of provisions; food. Formerly corruptly bouge.
- noun In medieval armor, a notch or indentation in the upper right-hand edge of the shield, allowing a weapon to be passed through it.
- noun In ordnance, a short cylinder of copper placed in a counterbore in the face of the breech-block, and through which the vent of a piece of breech-loading ordnance is drilled; a bushing.
- noun The mouth of a firearm of any kind; the bore.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
bush , a lining. - transitive verb Same as
bush , to line. - noun obsolete A mouth.
- noun obsolete An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
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Examples
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Trying to feel relevant now is a bit like/touching my own mouth shot full of anesthetic,/or forming the word "bouche" while drunk.
I Have to go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl Karyna McGlynn 2009
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On Fox, he grills red meat (Obama is the "most radical" president, the "food stamp" president, the "Kenyan, anti-colonial" president), but on mainstream shows, he is quick to cleanse the palate with an even-handed amuse bouche ("I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering").
Ari Melber: For Gingrich Gaffe, Video Killed The Video Star Ari Melber 2011
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Then the embroidered lace curtains on the left window and dig those GORGEOUS aqua bleu shutters (ma couleur favorie). the red "boucherie" sign is fun -- I imagine the angled "u" as a grande bouche opening up for the delights that can be found inside ... drools.
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Press play below for your @KrisAllen amuse-bouche, then check back later this week for the entire interview feast.
Kris Allen on Internet rumors: 'That stuff breaks you down as an artist and a songwriter' | EW.com 2009
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Plan to linger a while at the table, since meals begin with a few delicate amuse-bouche and end with a true fanfare of heavenly desserts.
Coasting High in Provence Lanie Goodman 2011
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But there is a counterpoint slogan, which comes out of the cynical bouche of Prince Talleyrand, the club-footed but elegant lothario who was a survivor of the Revolution in France: "Above all, not too much zeal."
Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Toujours de l'Audace! Dr. Charles G. Cogan 2011
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Quand on connaît toutes les misères que les propos de De Gucht ont suscité et qu'on entend le même discours de la bouche du « raïs », on se dit: « ça sent mauvais ».
Global Voices in English » D.R. of Congo: Furor Over Kabila’s New York Times Interview 2009
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On Fox, he grills red meat (Obama is the "most radical" president, the "food stamp" president, the "Kenyan, anti-colonial" president), but on mainstream shows, he is quick to cleanse the palate with an even-handed amuse bouche ("I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering").
Ari Melber: For Gingrich Gaffe, Video Killed The Video Star Ari Melber 2011
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And as a further amuse-bouche for his slavering critics, the author has himself not just killed off but decapitated and chopped to pieces, the strips of his flesh ornamenting the room like a Jackson Pollock.
La carte et le territoire by Michel Houellebecq – review George Walden 2010
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One delightful amuse bouche is followed by another.
Tom Sietsema on enhanced Palena: Dining Room shines, enlarged Cafe loses a pinch of luster Tom Sietsema 2011
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