tush

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: tŭsh, IPA(key): /tʌʃ/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /tʊʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ ==== Noun ==== tush (plural tushes) (now dialectal) A tusk. A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ, “bottom”). ==== Alternative forms ==== toosh ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: to͝osh, IPA(key): /tʊʃ/ Rhymes: -ʊʃ ==== Noun ==== tush (plural tushes) (US, colloquial) The buttocks. [from 1914] ===== Derived terms ===== tushie Tush Push tushy ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === A natural utterance (OED). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: tŭsh, IPA(key): /tʌʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ ==== Interjection ==== tush (archaic) An exclamation of rebuke or scorn. [from 15th c.] ===== Synonyms ===== (exclamation of scorn): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== tush (uncountable) (British, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh. ===== Synonyms ===== balderdash, drivel, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:nonsense ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== tush (third-person singular simple present tushes, present participle tushing, simple past and past participle tushed) (intransitive) To express contempt; rebuke. ===== Synonyms ===== castigate, lambaste, scold; see also Thesaurus:criticize === Etymology 4 === Unknown. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: to͝osh, tŭsh, IPA(key): /tʊʃ/, /tʌʃ/ Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -ʌʃ ==== Verb ==== tush (third-person singular simple present tushes, present participle tushing, simple past and past participle tushed) (transitive) To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log. [from 1841] === Etymology 5 === From British slang tusheroon. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: tŭsh, IPA(key): /tʌʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ ==== Noun ==== tush (plural tushes) (UK, obsolete slang) Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon. === Anagrams === thus, Hust, huts, Thus, shut, STHU == Uzbek == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *tǖĺ (“dream”). Compare Turkish düş (“dream”). === Noun === tush (plural tushlar) dream