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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
tush
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–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.
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tusk
Related forms:
tushed,
adjective
tush
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–noun
Slang
.
tushie.
Origin:
see
tushie
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tush
2
(tŭsh)
n.
A canine tooth, especially of a horse.
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
tush(y)
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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