tush
1(used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)
an exclamation of “tush!”
Origin of tush
1Other definitions for tush (2 of 3)
one of the four canine teeth of the horse.
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
2Other words from tush
- tushed, adjective
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.
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. MasonAnd every tusher tushes me so free, that may I be tushed if the whole thing is worth a tush.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonMr. Greypoole tushed and proceeded to straighten the coat of a middle-aged man with a cigar.
Elegy | Charles BeaumontBates 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)
/ (tʌʃ) /
archaic an exclamation of disapproval or contempt
Origin of tush
1British Dictionary definitions for tush (2 of 3)
/ (tʌʃ) /
rare a small tusk
Origin of tush
2British Dictionary definitions for tush (3 of 3)
/ (tʊʃ) /
US slang the buttocks
Origin of tush
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