Thesaurus results for CABOOSE

caboose

noun

kə-ˈbüs

Definition of caboose

as in seat

the part of the body upon which someone sits I couldn't even make it down the bunny slope without ending up on my caboose

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Recent Examples of caboose The venue is set, rather perfectly, in a building made of shipping containers and an old caboose. — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025 If a good time is picking up steam, San Diegans aren’t bashful about jumping on a Happy Train’s caboose. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025 His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage. — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 At the start of the summer season, in June, the brightest stars of Gemini the Twins, Pollux and Castor appear side by side low in the northwest twilight, bringing up the rear of the winter stellar procession in much the same way as the twin marker lights on a caboose bring up the rear of a train. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caboose

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Noun

Then there’s heated handlebars and seats, floorboards, highway pegs, brake and gear-lever pads, heel-shifter, and the King Tour-Pak, like the Street Glide Limited above.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
As of July 2, some of the best resale seats for marquee knockout matches were listed for roughly $20,000 on StubHub.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

Aviation observers studying pictures of the aircraft said the new plane appears to lack external modifications to the tail cone associated with a type of directional infrared missile defense system.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
The classification of these objects as true comets has been complicated by the fact that no one has ever managed to witness a dark comet sprouting a tail—until now.

— Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 June 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
From his rump on the baseline, Brunson waved in frustration at referee Scott Foster.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

The lightweight rooftop tent packs into a compact, readily removable package on the rear of the roof rack, expanding forward over the access hatch to create a different style of sleeper roof.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
The foil and keel are powered by the 800 V rear e-axle from the new Ferrari Luce and the flaps are driven by a 48 V electric motor.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 July 2026

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