Meaning & use

Tushy

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An informal, often childish word for the buttocks.

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The toddler giggled as her mother wiped her tushy after the bath.

He joked about needing to get off his tushy and start exercising.

A note on using this word

"Tushy" derives from the Yiddish word "tuchus" (also spelled "tuches"), which entered American English slang in a softened, affectionate form.

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