tush Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
    • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

WordNet


Tush interjection
Definitions
  1. An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.
    Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).
Tush noun
Etymology
OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. t&omac;&edh; tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Tusk.
Definitions
  1. A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.

Webster 1913