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
His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The train doesn't stop, but the hunter hauls hide through its cars, ultimately jumping off its caboose and into Alex's arms.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
From train cabooses to treehouses and even helicopters, Airbnb’s inventory is full of innovative vacation homes — and a new report is revealing the most popular one in North Carolina.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The train doesn't stop, but the hunter hauls hide through its cars, ultimately jumping off its caboose and into Alex's arms.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
From train cabooses to treehouses and even helicopters, Airbnb’s inventory is full of innovative vacation homes — and a new report is revealing the most popular one in North Carolina.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
Noun
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The approximately $65 million project will add up to 1,600 seats and feature 12 field-level suites, 44 loge boxes, 148 ledge seats and 882 club seats.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 May 2025
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Its configuration – with 14 seats wrapping around the busy kitchen – sets the tone for the elaborate meal.—
Leslie Kelly,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Spiny lobster tails make their way north from Marathon’s Key’s Fisheries.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Unfortunately, these ticks co-exist with lone star ticks, and to make the matter worse, both of these ticks feed on white tail deer.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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According to Interior Wildlife, the porcupine's rump was the only spot rescuers could reach through the plane's small window opening.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The south was not fully occupied by Nazi forces until 1942, with the country administered by a rump state, Vichy France.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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One of the beer cans was allegedly observed wedged between the passenger side rear of the vehicle and the tree at the scene.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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The rear of this new trailer puts this concept to work via Airstream's popular hatch, bringing the outdoors in for a breezy lounge experience.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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