EGAVE

potch

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To thrust.
  2. verb To trample.
  3. noun A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
  4. verb To bleach rags in paper-making.
  5. verb Obsolete form of poach (“to cook in simmering water”).
  6. noun A slap or spank. Alternative spellings include patsh, potsh.

Similar words

hotch pote proke poss poach stoke poke potter thrutch punch

Often followed by

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