Synonyms

tush

[tuhsh] Origin

tush

1[tuhsh]
interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “tush!”

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Tush is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English
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tush

2[tuhsh]
noun
1.
one of the four canine teeth of the horse.
2.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a tusk.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English tusc. See tusk

tushed, adjective

tush

3[toosh]
noun Slang.

Origin:
see tushie
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tush1 (tʌʃ)
 
interj
archaic an exclamation of disapproval or contempt
 
[C15: Middle English, of imitative origin]

tush2 (tʌʃ)
 
n
rare a small tusk
 
[Old English tūsc; see tusk]

tush3 (tʊʃ)
 
n
slang (US) the buttocks
 
[C20: from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahath beneath]

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Word Origin & History

tush
"backside, buttocks," 1962, an abbreviation of tochus (1914), from Yiddish tokhes, from Heb. tahat "beneath."
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tush
c.1440; see tut.
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tush(y) definition


  1. n.
    the buttocks. (Probably from Yiddish.) : I fell down right on my tush.
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