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tush

noun

  1. a person’s buttocks
L19140 on Wikidata ↗

interjection

  1. interjection used to express disdain or reproach
L334055 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tʌʃ/ / /tʊʃ/

intj

Etymology: A natural utterance (OED).

  1. An exclamation of rebuke or scorn.

    “"Tush, Sir Minstrel," replied the archer, displeased at Bertram's interference, […]”

    “He glanced through the letter and shook his head. "Tush! tush! And the wife of the bank manager too—the bank manager of Pudlington, James! Can you conceive of anything so dreadful?"”

noun

Etymology: From British slang tusheroon.

  1. Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.

verb

Etymology: Unknown.

  1. To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.