caboose

noun

kə-ˈbüs How to pronounce caboose (audio)
Definition of caboosenext
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 Then there’s a jump to +750 for purple, water/clear at +1000 and red/pink as the caboose (+1200). — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 The venue is set, rather perfectly, in a building made of shipping containers and an old caboose. — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
  1. seat
  2. cheeks
  3. tail
  4. bum
  5. rump
  6. rear
Noun
  • The audience giggled nervously as their seats rocked and rolled during the tense chase scene, and whenever the dinosaur went in for an attack, a squirt of water shot out from behind each audience member’s seat.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 July 2026
  • Each business-class, lie-flat seat can bring in close to $10,000 on some long-haul international routes compared with $2,000 or even much less for a seat in the back.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • Working with longtime makeup artist Ernesto Casillas, Z showcased a glowy, poreless base with super soft rosy blush diffused on her cheeks, finished with a natural, luminous highlight across her cheekbones like a dapple of sunlight.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026
  • Laura surveyed her flushed cheeks, her bruised legs, with a consumer’s eye.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • After waiting for Odysseus to return, the dog wagged its tail and died.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • The species features mainly black fur, cape-like shoulders and a long tail, per Florida Atlantic University’s release.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • 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
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
  • It was stopped towards the rear of the Metro bus, which didn't appear to have any significant damage.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Suspension was double wishbones with coil-over dampers and an anti-roll bar up front; twin trailing arms with double wishbones at the rear.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026
Definition of rear

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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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