caboose
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noun \kə-ˈbüs\Definition of CABOOSE
1
: a ship's galley
2
: a freight-train car attached usually to the rear mainly for the use of the train crew
3
: one that follows or brings up the rear
4
: buttocks
See Examples of CABOOSE
- <a 1950s sex symbol who was famous for swinging her caboose as she walked>
Origin of CABOOSE
probably from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, from Middle Low German kabūse
First Known Use: 1732
Related to CABOOSE
- Synonyms
- backside, behind, booty (also bootie) [slang], bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, cheeks, derriere (or derrière), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie [slang], hunkers, keister (also keester) [slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush [slang]
Rhymes with CABOOSE
Aarhus, abstruse, abuse, adduce, Atreus, blue spruce, burnoose, Cayuse, Cepheus, ceruse, charmeuse, chartreuse, Chartreuse, conduce, couscous, cut loose, deduce, diffuse, disuse, educe, effuse, excuse, fair use, footloose, hang loose, induce, Lanús, misuse, mongoose, Morpheus, negus, obtuse, Orpheus, papoose, Peleus, Perseus, prepuce, produce, profuse, Proteus, Purus, recluse, red spruce, reduce, refuse, retuse, reuse, Sanctus, seduce, slip noose, snow goose, Tereus, Theseus, traduce, transduce, turn loose, unloose, vamoose
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