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pash

[pash]

noun Slang.

an infatuation for another person; crush.

the object of such a passion.

Origin:
1910–15; shortening and respelling of passion

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pash¹ (pæʃ)

—n
	slang infatuation

[C20: from passion]

pash² (pæʃ)

—vb
1.	to throw or be thrown and break or be broken to bits; smash

—n
2.	a crushing blow

[C17 (n): from earlier passhen to throw with violence, probably of imitative origin]

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