bushy
pronunciation
How to pronounce bushy in British English:
UK [bʊʃi]
How to pronounce bushy in American English:
US [ˈbʊʃi]
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- Adjective:
- used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
Word Origin
- bushy (adj.)
- late 14c., "overgrown with bushes," from bush (n.) + -y (2). Of hair, etc., from 1610s. Related: Bushiness.
Example
- 1. Like the ambassador , popal wore a black turban , and he had a huge bushy beard .
- 2. On social networks christians send each other cartoons of women draped in the veil and men with bushy beards as harbingers of the new syria .
- 3. Undesirable traits , from weak hearts to weak eyes to weak hips , are passed down the line along with the bushy tails and bright eyes .
- 4. It seems obscure , but it 's just another day at work for our favorite team , who make their determinations from the hair remaining from the victim 's bushy beard .
- 5. A driver with a big bushy beard lay on his back , hugged an ageing tape player and listened with closed eyes to a melancholic pashtun woman singing about love , longing and betrayal . His right foot drew circles in the air .