tush

1
[ tuhsh ]
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interjection
  1. (used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)

noun
  1. an exclamation of “tush!”

Origin of tush

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English tusch, touch, twish; imitative of the sound

Other definitions for tush (2 of 3)

tush2
[ tuhsh ]

noun
  1. one of the four canine teeth of the horse.

  2. a small tusk present in some female Asian elephants: tushes are barely visible and may be seen only when the elephant’s mouth is open.

Origin of tush

2
First recorded before 900; Middle English tush, tosh, tusche, Old English tūsc; see origin at tusk

Other words from tush

  • tushed, adjective

Other definitions for tush (3 of 3)

tush3
[ toosh ]

nounSlang.

Origin of tush

3
First recorded in 1960–65; see origin at tushie

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How to use tush in a sentence

  • I know plenty of women in their late thirties and early forties who are having happy, healthy, gnocchi-tushed babies.

    I Refuse to Freeze My Eggs! | Jessi Klein | August 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Sir Chichester was shaken, but he pushed his blotting-paper here and his pen there, and pished and tushed like a refractory child.

    The Summons | A.E.W. Mason
  • And every tusher tushes me so free, that may I be tushed if the whole thing is worth a tush.

  • Mr. Greypoole tushed and proceeded to straighten the coat of a middle-aged man with a cigar.

    Elegy | Charles Beaumont
  • Bates the kennelman pished and tushed, and thought he knew all about it.

    Jan | A. J. Dawson
  • Cedric tushed and pshawed more than once at the message—but he refused not obedience.

    Ivanhoe | Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for tush (1 of 3)

tush1

/ (tʌʃ) /


interjection
  1. archaic an exclamation of disapproval or contempt

Origin of tush

1
C15: Middle English, of imitative origin

British Dictionary definitions for tush (2 of 3)

tush2

/ (tʌʃ) /


noun
  1. rare a small tusk

Origin of tush

2
Old English tūsc; see tusk

British Dictionary definitions for tush (3 of 3)

tush3

/ (tʊʃ) /


noun
  1. US slang the buttocks

Origin of tush

3
C20: from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahath beneath

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