Cush vs Tush - What's the difference?
cush | tush |
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Shortened form of cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.
A tusk.
* 1818 , John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":
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A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
(US, colloquial) The buttocks
(An exclamation of contempt or rebuke).
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
(British, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh.
To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.
As nouns the difference between cush and tush
is that cush is shortened form of cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly while tush is a tusk.As an adjective cush
is excellent, very good.As a proper noun Cush
is the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, progenitor of the African peoples.As an interjection tush is
An exclamation of contempt or rebuke.As a verb tush is
to pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.cush
English
Etymology 1
From (cushty), from (etyl) kushto, .Etymology 2
From (cushion).Noun
(cushes)Anagrams
* *tush
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tuscNoun
(tushes)- 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 [...].
- he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
Etymology 2
Short for toches, from (etyl) . Since 1914.Noun
(es)Derived terms
* tushie * tushyEtymology 3
A "natural utterance" (OED), attested since the 15th centuryInterjection
(en interjection)- 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."