tush1
[tuhsh]
- (used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)
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- an exclamation of “tush!”
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Origin of tush1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
tush2
[tuhsh]
- one of the four canine teeth of the horse.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a tusk.
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Origin of tush2
tush3
[too sh]
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Origin of tush3
see origin at tushie
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Examples from the Web for tushes
Historical Examples
He has enormous teeth or tushes in the lower jaw, but has no baleen.
Ranching, Sport and TravelThomas Carson
A mare has no tushes, or possesses them in only a rudimentary form.
The HorsewomanAlice M. Hayes
The tushes are exhibited as fully up, in which condition they are generally seen.
The Horse's MouthEdward Mayhew
Of the tushes, the two placed in the lower jaw are the most forward.
The Horse's MouthEdward Mayhew
He's no breed, boys; look at him—see his tushes; growl, Barney, growl!
The Humors of FalconbridgeJonathan F. Kelley
tush1
- archaic an exclamation of disapproval or contempt
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Word Origin
C15: Middle English, of imitative origin
tush2
- rare a small tusk
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Word Origin
Old English tūsc; see tusk
tush3
- US slang the buttocks
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Word Origin
C20: from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahath beneath
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Word Origin and History for tushes
tush
n.
"backside, buttocks," 1962, an abbreviation of tochus (1914), from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahat "beneath."
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tush
interj.
mid-15c.; see tut.
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