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tush.

A tusk.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʌʃ//tʊʃ/Ireland, Northern-England
  1. A tusk.

    dialectal
  2. A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk.

noun/tʊʃ/
  1. The buttocks.

    US · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ, “bottom”).

intj/tʌʃ/
  1. An exclamation of rebuke or scorn.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

A natural utterance (OED).

noun/tʌʃ/
  1. Nonsense; tosh.

    UK · colloquial · uncountable
Where this word comes from

A natural utterance (OED).

verb/tʌʃ/
  1. To express contempt; rebuke.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

A natural utterance (OED).

verb/tʊʃ//tʌʃ/
  1. To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Unknown.

noun/tʌʃ/
  1. Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.

    UK · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

From British slang tusheroon.

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