TUSH

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

Tush (uncountable)

synonym of Tushetian, the people of Tusheti in northeastern Georgia.

The Georgian dialect spoken by the Tushetians.

(obsolete) synonym of Bats, the Nakh dialect spoken by the Tushetians.

Anagrams

• Hust, STHU, huts, shut, thus

Etymology 1

Noun

tush (plural tushes)

(now dialectal) A tusk.

A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.

Etymology 2

Noun

tush (plural tushes)

(US, colloquial) The buttocks. [from 1914]

Etymology 3

A natural utterance (OED).

Interjection

tush

An exclamation of contempt or rebuke. [from 15th c.]

Synonyms

• (exclamation of contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also bah

Noun

tush (uncountable)

(British, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh.

Synonyms

• balderdash, drivel, poppycock; see also nonsense

Verb

tush (third-person singular simple present tushes, present participle tushing, simple past and past participle tushed)

(intransitive) To express contempt; rebuke.

Synonyms

• castigate, lambaste, scold; see also criticize

Etymology 4

Verb

tush (third-person singular simple present tushes, present participle tushing, simple past and past participle tushed)

(transitive) To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log. [from 1841]

Etymology 5

Noun

tush (plural tushes)

(UK, obsolete slang) Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.

Anagrams

• Hust, STHU, huts, shut, thus

Source: Wiktionary


Tush, interj.

Definition: An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).

Tush, n. Etym: [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. toedh tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Tusk.]

Definition: A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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