English Explanatory Dictionary

tush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tusk.
  2. A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
noun
  1. The buttocks.
intj
  1. An exclamation of rebuke or scorn.
noun
  1. Nonsense; tosh.
verb
  1. To express contempt; rebuke.
verb
  1. To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.
noun
  1. Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.
noun
  1. Synonym of Tushetian, the people of Tusheti in northeastern Georgia.
  2. The Georgian dialect spoken by the Tushetians.
  3. Synonym of Bats, the Nakh dialect spoken by the Tushetians.

Pronunciation

tŭsh /tʌʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tush (u).wav /tʊʃ/ to͝osh LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tush (uh).wav En-au-tush.ogg

Word forms

tush tushes toosh tushing tushed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

feh pfaugh pish pshaw pooh balderdash drivel poppycock castigate lambaste scold Tushetian Bats

Derived words

gubber-tush tushie Tush Push tushy pishtush Chagma-Tush Tsova-Tush Tushine
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