tush
interjection
(used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)
tushed
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a word derived from
tush.
Example Sentences
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Cedric tushed and pshawed more than once at the message—but he refused not obedience.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Mr. Greypoole tushed and proceeded to straighten the coat of a middle-aged man with a cigar.
From Elegy by Charles Beaumont
But for reasons known to himself Shalford never pished and tushed with Minton, as he did at the harmless Carshot, and this interesting experiment upon the System was never attempted.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Bates the kennelman pished and tushed, and thought he knew all about it.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
Owen, great on brains and bones, Lectured it in learned tones; Huxley to the battle rushed; Mutually they "pished" and "tushed" In that calm and courteous way Savants have, when they're in fray.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 by Various
