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tush

1  [tuhsh] ,
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–interjection
1. (used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)
–noun
2. an exclamation of “tush!”
Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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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:
bef. 900; ME; OE tusc. See tusk

Related forms:
tushed, adjective

tush

3  [toosh] ,
–noun Slang.
tushie.
Origin:
see tushie
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tush 1   (tŭsh)   
interj.  Used to express mild reproof, disapproval, or admonition.
tush 2   (tŭsh)   
n.  

  1. A canine tooth, especially of a horse.

  2. Chiefly Southern U.S. See tusk.


[Middle English tusche, from Old English tūsc; see tusk.]
tush 3   (tŏŏsh)   
n.   Slang
The buttocks.

[Alteration of Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew taḥat, under, buttocks; see tḥt in Semitic roots.]
tusk   (tŭsk)   
n.  

  1. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar. Also called regionally tush2.

  2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.

tr. & intr.v.   tusked, tusk·ing, tusks
To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.

[Middle English tux, tusce, from Old English tūx, tūsc, canine tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]
tusked adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
tush(y)

  1. n.
    the buttocks. (Probably from Yiddish.) : I fell down right on my tush.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tush  (n.)
"backside, buttocks," 1962, an abbreviation of tochus (1914), from Yiddish tokhes, from Heb. tahat "beneath."

tush  (interj.)
c.1440; see tut.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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