tush

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Pronunciations

tush (TUUSH) listen
tushee (TUUSH-ee) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Buttocks.

Example Sentences

  • "What a cute little tush you have!"

  • "Put your tushee in that chair and eat your lunch!" (JPS)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y תּחת tókhes 'buttocks'

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      tushee

Notes

  • See also tuchis.

    Also 'tushie' or 'tushy'.

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