exclamation
archaic, humorousExpressing disapproval, impatience, or dismissal.
- ‘tush, these are trifles and mere old wives' tales’
Pronunciation
Origin
Natural utterance: first recorded in late Middle English.
noun
1A long pointed tooth, in particular a canine tooth of a male horse.
fang, denticulation- 1.1A stunted tusk of some Indian elephants.
Pronunciation
Origin
Old English tusc (see tusk).
noun
informal mainly North AmericanA person's buttocks.
- ‘office chairs are too often tough on the tush’
buttocks, behind, backside, bottom, rear, rear end, seat, haunches, cheeks
Pronunciation
Origin
1960s (as tushy): from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew taḥaṯ ‘beneath’.
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