Definitions for tushes

tushes tush

Spelling: [tuhsh]
IPA: /tʌʃ/

Tushes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in tushes (ehsstu).

Definitions for tushes

noun

  1. an exclamation of “tush!”.
  2. one of the four canine teeth of the horse.
  3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a tusk.
  4. tushie.

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation of impatience, disdain, contempt, etc.)

Origin of tushes

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

Examples for tushes

A mare has no tushes, or possesses them in only a rudimentary form.

Of the tushes, the two placed in the lower jaw are the most forward.

He had wicked little eyes, one lopped ear, and a ragged mustache that stood out like tushes.

The lower jaw is sharp, the cheeks flat, and around the tushes there may be an accumulation of tartar.

The tushes are exhibited as fully up, in which condition they are generally seen.

He has enormous teeth or tushes in the lower jaw, but has no baleen.

"Lo, Allen 'scaped from British jails,His tushes broke by biting nails," &c.

The canine teeth, also called tusks or tushes, are greatly developed, especially in the male.

We do not regret our old, yellow fangs and snags and tushes after we have worn nice, fresh, uniform store teeth a while.

He's no breed, boys; look at him—see his tushes; growl, Barney, growl!

Word Value for tushes
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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