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Hushed vs Tushed - What's the difference?

hushed | tushed |

As verbs the difference between hushed and tushed

is that hushed is past tense of hush while tushed is past tense of tush.

As an adjective hushed

is very quietly. In soft tones.

hushed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very quietly. In soft tones.
    • So awe inspiring was the sight that we spoke only in hushed whispers.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hush)

    • tushed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tush)

    • tush

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tusc

    Noun

    (tushes)
  • A tusk.
  • * 1818 , John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":
    • 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.
  • A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.

    • Etymology 2

    Short for toches, from (etyl) . Since 1914.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (US, colloquial) The buttocks
    • Derived terms
    * tushie * tushy

    Etymology 3

    A "natural utterance" (OED), attested since the 15th century

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (An exclamation of contempt or rebuke).
  • * 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
    • 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."

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British, colloquial) Nonsense; tosh.

    • Etymology 4

    Of unknown origin, attested since 1841.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.

    • Etymology 5

    From British slang tusheroon

    Noun

    (es)

    • Anagrams

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