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tush

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

Origin:
1400–50; late ME

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


tushed, adjective

tush

3[toosh] ,
–noun Slang.
tushie.

Origin:
see tushie
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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.]
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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  (interj.)
c.1440; see tut.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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