tush
/tʌʃ/noun, verb
tush is spelled T-U-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tush means “A tusk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tush is tushes.
How many letters and syllables are in tush?
| Letters | 4: T-U-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tush?
Tush appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tush?
- /tʌʃ/
- /tʊʃ/
As a noun (“The buttocks”): /tʊʃ/.
As an interjection (“An exclamation of rebuke or scorn”): /tʌʃ/.
As a verb (“To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log”): /tʊʃ/, /tʌʃ/.
Tush has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tush_(u).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tush_(uh).wav, En-au-tush.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tush?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tush.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: thus, shut.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tush
- tushes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- toosh
- tushing participle, present
- tushed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tush mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tusk.
- 2
A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant.
- 3
UScolloquialThe buttocks.
- 4
UKcolloquialNonsense; tosh.
- 5
UKobsoleteslangClipping of tusheroon, itself an alternative form of tosheroon.
verb
- 1
To express contempt; rebuke.
- 2
To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log.
noun
- 1
Synonym of Tushetian, the people of Tusheti in northeastern Georgia.
- 2
The Georgian dialect spoken by the Tushetians.
- 3
obsoleteSynonym of Bats, the Nakh dialect spoken by the Tushetians.
The Tush or Mosok appears to be fundamentally a Kistian or Tchetchenz idiom affected by Georgian influences.
interjection
- 1
archaicAn exclamation of rebuke or scorn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tush in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | derrière, postérieur , tch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tush come from?
From Middle English tusshe, tusche, tussch, tossche, tosch, from Old English tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Doublet of tusk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).