an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.

one of a pair of devices consisting of long, thin handles with wire bristles attached, used in jazz or dance bands for keeping a soft, rhythmic beat on the trap drums or the cymbals.

the bushy tail of an animal, esp. of a fox.

Electricity .

a conductor, often made of carbon or copper or a combination of the two, serving to maintain electric contact between stationary and moving parts of a machine, generator, or other apparatus.

brush discharge.

a feathery or hairy tuft or tassel, as on the tip of a kernel of grain or on a man's hat.

an act or instance of brushing; application of a brush.

a light, stroking touch.

a brief encounter

He has already had one brush with the law.

a close approach, esp. to something undesirable or harmful

a brush with disaster.

to sweep, paint, clean, polish, etc., with a brush.

to touch lightly in passing; pass lightly over

His lips brushed her ear.

to remove by brushing or by lightly passing over

His hand brushed a speck of lint from his coat.

to move or skim with a slight contact. ?

brush aside, to disregard; ignore

Our complaints were simply brushed aside.

brush off, to rebuff; send away

She had never been brushed off so rudely before.

brush up on, to revive, review, or resume (studies, a skill, etc.)

She's thinking of brushing up on her tennis. Also, brush up.

get the brush

to be rejected or rebuffed

She greeted Jim effusively, but I got the brush.

give the brush, to ignore, rebuff

etc.

If you're still angry with him, give him the brush.

noun

besom , broom , hairbrush , mop , polisher , sweeper , toothbrush , waxer , whisk , clash , conflict , confrontation , encounter , engagement , fracas , rub , run-in , scrap , set-to , skirmish , tap , touch , tussle , boscage , bracken , brushwood , chaparral , coppice , copse , cover , dingle , fern , gorse , grove , hedge , scrub , sedge , shrubbery , spinney , thicket , undergrowth , underwood , flick , graze , skim

verb

caress , contact , flick , glance , graze , kiss , scrape , shave , skim , smooth , stroke , sweep , tickle , buff , clean , paint , polish , wash , whisk , wipe , broom , clash , comb , conflict , encounter , fight , fray , groom , hair , rub , scuffle , sideswipe , skirmish , tooth , touch , undergrowth