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 The dozens of structures included a vintage rail caboose, a log cabin, a yurt, a firehouse and buildings made to look like a Western film set. — David Ingram, NBC news, 14 Mar. 2026 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 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 goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot.
    — Ben Binday, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Clad in a signature pink jumpsuit and armed with a matching bullhorn, Nixon loudly disrupted a hearing to pass a new map expected to help the GOP expand its dominance in the state by unravelling Florida’s historically Black congressional seats.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • Her makeup is both fresh-faced and warm, with a hint of glowy—not shimmery—bronze on her cheeks and lids, and a generous dose of mascara without any discernible liner.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • Aviation experts were surprised that the plane did not crash after a descent so extreme that most of the rudder was ripped off the tail.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Beneath the waterline, a tail rudder modeled after a fish fin takes over.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.
    — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of rump
Noun
  • People living near the frontlines have faced constant bombardments and the imminent threat of occupation, whereas those in the rear can, at times, tune out the conflict.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Both models have, on the rear, three Thunderbolt ports (Thunderbolt 4 on the M6, Thunderbolt 5 for the M5 Pro), an HDMI output, and an Ethernet jack; up front are two USB Type-C ports alongside an audio jack.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of rear

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