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 tactic certainly caught the attention of one of the railcar's occupants: Spencer, who spots his wife screaming for help next to the tracks and leaps from its caboose to rescue her without a second thought.
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EW.com, 6 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
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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EW.com, 6 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
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
His moving on kind of gave me a kick in the caboose to have courage.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
Noun
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The company eliminated middle seat bookings and waived change fees, despite that no doubt affecting the bottom line.—
Philip A. Nardone,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Prosecutors allege that Measures used that money, which was held in an escrow account for clients, to pay for personal and operating expenses, pay off creditors, Four Seasons spa treatments, clothing, car payments and at least $55,000 for Los Angeles Crypto Arena seats.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 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
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After gently capturing the gull in a pillowcase, Shaffer affixed a small, lightweight GPS tracking device to her tail, reports SFGate’s Amanda Bartlett.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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There was this sentiment in the air off the tail of these Forever shows.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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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
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The deal comes as investor interest in AI code writing startups is running at fever pitch after Google spoiled OpenAI’s takeover of Windsurf by poaching key execs in a $2.4 billion deal announced this week, with the rump of the company bought by rival Cognition.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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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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By contrast, in the Belmont, jockey Junior Alvarado adroitly kept Sovereignty closer to the pace, up in the mix, no time to lay back and do that Sovereignty thing of melting into the rear.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The grip includes a command dial, with another at the rear just above the thumb rest, that work together for exposure control.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 July 2025
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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