tush

Alternative Spellings

tushee

Definitions

• buttocks

Example Sentences

• "What a cute little tush you have!"

Languages of Origin

Yiddish

Etymology

from Yiddish תּחת tókhes (see "tuches" entry)

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

Dictionaries

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