Tush Definition
(now dialectal) A tusk.
A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
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Origin of Tush
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Alteration of Yiddish tokhes from Hebrew taḥat under, buttocks tḥt in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (“bottom"). Since 1914.
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Middle English tusche from Old English tūsc tusk
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
A "natural utterance" (OED), attested since the 15th century
From Wiktionary
of unknown origin, attested since 1841.
From Wiktionary
From Old English tusc
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