intj
Meaning 1
An exclamation of rebuke or scorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tush
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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tŭsh
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/tʌʃ/
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rhymes with -ʌʃ
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Ireland, Northern-England: /tʊʃ/
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to͝osh
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/tʊʃ/
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rhymes with -ʊʃ
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CMU ARPABET: T UH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A tusk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The buttocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 5
Nonsense; tosh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, obsolete, slang
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noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of Tushetian, the people of Tusheti in northeastern Georgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Tushetian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The Georgian dialect spoken by the Tushetians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Synonym of Bats, the Nakh dialect spoken by the Tushetians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bats
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To express contempt; rebuke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 12
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
History
Etymology
A natural utterance (OED).
From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk.
Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ, “bottom”).
From British slang tusheroon.
From Georgian თუშ (tuš-), the root of თუშეთი (tušeti, “Tusheti”) and თუშები (tušebi, “Tushetian”).
Unknown.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: ba — exclamation of rebuke
- French: tch — exclamation of rebuke
- Polish: pff — exclamation of rebuke
- French: derrière — buttocks
- French: postérieur — buttocks
- Polish: tyłek — buttocks
- Polish: pupa — buttocks
- Polish: pośladki — buttocks
- Spanish: trasero — buttocks