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tush
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tush has 1 sense
- tush(n = noun.body) arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" is a kind of body part
is a part of body, torso, trunk
CIDE DICTIONARY
tush, interj.
An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. [1913 Webster]
"Tush, say they, how should God perceive it?"
[1913 Webster]
tush, n. [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. t tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Tusk.].
A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses. [1913 Webster]
tush, n. [Shortened form of tushie.].
The buttocks; -- a euphemism. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tush, int. archaic expressing strong disapproval or scorn.
tush, n.
1 a long pointed tooth, esp. a canine tooth of a horse.
2 an elephant's short tusk.
1 a long pointed tooth, esp. a canine tooth of a horse.
2 an elephant's short tusk.
Etymology
OE tusc TUSK
THESAURUS
tush
arse, ass, baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, bum, can, canine, cheeks, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fanny, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, incisor, keister, milk tooth, molar, peg, permanent tooth, pivot tooth, prat, premolar, rusty-dusty, scrivello, snag, snaggletooth, stern, tail, tooth, tuchis, tushy, tusk, wisdom tooth
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