(informal) Very tired; exhausted.
(informal) Very tired; exhausted.
After hours on the airplane and a long drive, I'm bushed.
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Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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(Australia, New Zealand) To abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature.
(AU) Constructed or produced in an outback region using locally available materials, and typically rough or makeshift.
(Australia, New Zealand) To travel or build a route straight across country rather than following an established track, typically involving forcing one's way through forest and/or undergrowth.
(Canada) Mentally unwell due to isolation, especially due to working in a remote mine or camp; experiencing cabin fever.
After three weeks up there I was bushed and needed to get out.
Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.
"bushed" means: Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"bushed" means: Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“The Sixers and Flyers are 0-3 after their first playoff games in the second round. Both looked bushed and irritable - Joel Embiid is bellyaching about a bellyache after Mikal Bridges hit him.”