Plush
Pronunciation
- IPA: /plʌʃ/
- Rhymes: -ʌʃ
Origin
From French peluche ("fluff, plush").
Full definition of plush
Adjective
plush
Noun
plush
(countable and uncountable; plural plushs)- A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 10, Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. … The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen RabbitThat night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.
- A (type of) child's toy, usually an animal, filled with soft material.
- 2002, Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
- 2008, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands (page 94)For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.
- 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 (page 759)... L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).