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tush

noun

ˈtu̇sh

Definition of tush

slang

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits exercises that are guaranteed to give you a great tush

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Recent Examples of tush But his 21-yard pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba put Seattle in position to run a tush push and keep the drive going. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026 Three words that make our sports arguments about the transfer portal, load management and the tush push seem awfully small. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026 Inside, my passengers and I were cozy, with our hands and tushes heated. — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Along with the Eagles, the Ravens, Patriots, Jets, Browns, Lions, Jaguars, Dolphins, Saints and Titans were in favor of keeping the tush push last year, according to ESPN. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tush

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Noun

This year’s lingerie spectacular was no different, with Dame Pat McGrath masterminding the baby winged eyeliner and pink cheeks, while Guido Palau executed the blowouts.

— Violet Hayward, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
The Author is facing the sea, his cheeks orange from the lowering sun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.

— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

Miller’s calculated the percentage chance that all 35 seats in play will go blue or red virtually in real time.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Jeffries will campaign with Johnny Garcia, who’s running a competitive race in one of those seats where Republicans initially expected an easier pickup (after already forcing one longtime Democratic incumbent to retire).

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

Venice, Vienna, London, then years on the Proffers’ couch in Ann Arbor, then New York, a story ending, eventually, with coat tails, in Stockholm, receiving the Nobel Prize.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
There is nothing truly random about whether a coin comes up heads or tails.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.

— Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of rump

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