tush
tush · tushes
A tuskA tusk.
/tʌʃ/
Meaning
4 senses(dialectal)A tusk.
A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
(US, colloquial)The buttocks.
(UK, colloquial, uncountable)Nonsense; tosh.
More definitions
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Examples
1 sentencesGet off your tush!
deBeweg’ deinen Hintern! — freddy1
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from PrFrom Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk.
Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ, “bottom”).
A natural utterance (OED).
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plural: tushesSynonyms
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3 related wordsSee also
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