Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To express contempt; rebuke.

  2. (transitive)To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Get off your tush!

    deBeweg’ deinen Hintern! — freddy1

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Origin

A natural utterance (OED).

A natural utterance (OED).

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Forms

tushes, tushing, tushed, tushed
Base formtush · to tush
3rd person singulartushes
Present participletushing
Past simpletushed
Past participletushed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytush
he, she, ittushes

Past simpleLesson

all personstushed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tushed
he, she, ithas tushed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tush

Synonyms

3 synonyms
scoldB1castigatelambaste

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
turquoiseturtleB1turtlenecktusktussle
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