thrush

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Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 11
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/θɹʌʃ/

Definition of thrush

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

“I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.”

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noun

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

“I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.”
(US, colloquial)A female singer.
A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.

“Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.”

name

A surname transferred from the nickname.

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Etymology

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From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

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