"sesh" meaning in English

See sesh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛʃ/ Audio: en-au-sesh.ogg [Australia] Forms: seshes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: Clipping of session. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|session}} Clipping of session Head templates: {{en-noun}} sesh (plural seshes)
  1. (colloquial) A session.
    (colloquial) A period of time spent engaged in some group activity.
    Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sesh-en-noun-3kxO-NTg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 5 18 19 2
  2. (colloquial) A session.
    (colloquial) An informal social get-together or meeting to perform a group activity.
    Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sesh-en-noun-j7kqF1lx
  3. (colloquial) A session.
    (UK, Ireland, informal) A period of sustained social drinking or recreational drug taking.
    Tags: Ireland, UK, colloquial, informal
    Sense id: en-sesh-en-noun-RBFN5gqQ Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  4. (colloquial) A session.
    (Australia, Canada, US, informal) A period of sustained cannabis smoking.
    Tags: Australia, Canada, US, colloquial, informal
    Sense id: en-sesh-en-noun-VgElXVSO Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seshy

Verb

IPA: /sɛʃ/ Audio: en-au-sesh.ogg [Australia] Forms: seshes [present, singular, third-person], seshing [participle, present], seshed [participle, past], seshed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: Clipping of session. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|session}} Clipping of session Head templates: {{en-verb}} sesh (third-person singular simple present seshes, present participle seshing, simple past and past participle seshed)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To take part in a period of sustained cannabis smoking. Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sesh-en-verb-InMdzOwm

Inflected forms

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