tush

Etymology 1

From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk.

noun

1. (now dialectal) A tusk.
   Perhaps one or two whose lives have patient wings, / And through whose curtains peeps no hellish nose, / No wild-boar tushes, and no mermaid's toes …. 1818, John Keats, To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.
2. A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.

Etymology 2

Short for toches, from Yiddish תחת (tokhes), from Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ, “bottom”).

noun

1. (US, colloquial) The buttocks.
   Are you gonna tell Glenn?...About you and that kid, and him squeezing your tush. 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler)

Etymology 3

A natural utterance (OED).

intj

1. An exclamation of contempt or rebuke.
   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? But I'm afraid Mrs. Bank Manager is a puss—a distinct puss. It's when they get on the soul-mate stunt that the furniture begins to fly." 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond

noun

1. (Britain, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh.

verb

1. (intransitive) To express contempt; rebuke.

Etymology 4

Unknown.

verb

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

Etymology 5

From British slang tusheroon.

noun

1. (UK, obsolete slang) Clipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.