Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick deep pile.
- adj. Made of or covered with plush.
- adj. Luxurious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A cloth of silk or cotton, and sometimes of wool (especially of camel's and goat's hair), having a softer and longer nap than that of velvet. Plush is used especially for upholstery, women's cloaks, expensive liveries, and men's silk hats, and since 1870 as a ground for embroidery in house-decoration, for curtains, and the like.
- To crush, so as to resemble the surface of plush: said of velveteen and other textiles with a long nap.
Wiktionary
- adj. very extravagant
- adj. very expensive, or appearing expensive
- n. A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
- n. a type of child’s toy, filled with soft material, usually an animal
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion
- n. a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
Etymologies
- French pluche, variant of peluche, from pelucher, to become fluffy, shed, from Old French peluchier, to pluck, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre; see pluck.
Examples
“Only if they make it in plush, as the hideous likenesses of all good interplanetary space beings ought to be.”
“It turned us on to the fact that Geeks (and I use the term to include myself - I'm possibly the nerdiest guy Jon knows) have an interest in plush toys that are conceptually ironic.”
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“The saddest line: "It used to be that naming your new stuffed animal was practically a sacred rite of passage in plush parenting; now, if the tag on the creature doesn't provide a pre-fab name, we're seeing kids at a loss, calling their new dog 'Puppy' and their new cat 'Kitty.”
“It's got representatives from each part of the company rapping about their roles (do this do that we never get hairy we do it for you because we're your secretary), with an interstitial chorus singing "Shuffle fun shuffle shuffle fun shuffle fun fun shuffle fun fun shuffle just plane fun" on my elementary schools 'auditorium stage while employees run around in plush airplane costumes.”
“I was thinking of bidding on the Palin plush voodoo doll, pins included!”
“Wouldn't it have been cheaper and more environmentally efficient to enslave taxpayers and force them to carry the wealthiest. 01% around in plush sedan chairs?”
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“Will the sound still call to mind the glamorous era of American intercontinental railway journey when the dashing Cary Grant and the lovely Eva Marie Saint drank champagne in plush, oak-paneled boxcars while evading cops, spies and double agents against the backdrop of the national landscape?”
“Also, it has a pressurized cabin plush with Italian leather seats, burlwood accents and integrated flight systems.”
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“Let me tell you it makes a difference shooting at anonymous aliens vs. saving the world from the dreaming god (in plush and vinyl form).”
“From the pages of Ghouly Boys, the zombie with the heart of gold now brought to life in plush form.”
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reesetee Ja! PLUSH Haus! I remember! Feb 13, 2007
chained_bear I always think of the faux-Pennsylvania-Dutch gift shop at the front of HersheyPark (Hershey PA). It was called the Plush Haus. We used to say "Das ist ein haus mit PLUSH!" whenever we went by. I don't know if it's there anymore, but occasionally we still say it. Feb 13, 2007