as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
exercises that are guaranteed to give you a great tush
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Recent Examples of tush
Long a dual-threat, Hurts' 421 yards rushing were his lowest total since his 2020 rookie season and opposing defenses seemed to have solved the tush push.
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CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Steelers gained the lead for good late in the first half as tight end Connor Heyward received a direct snap and ‘tush pushed’ his way into the end zone from the 1-yard line to give Pittsburgh a 7-3 lead going into halftime.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
These failures came after the inventors of the tush push, the Philadelphia Eagles, had one go awry when QB Jalen Hurts fumbled on Friday against the Chicago Bears.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Hurts completed just over half of his passes and had two costly turnovers in the second half, including losing a fumble on a tush push.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Steelers gained the lead for good late in the first half as tight end Connor Heyward received a direct snap and ‘tush pushed’ his way into the end zone from the 1-yard line to give Pittsburgh a 7-3 lead going into halftime.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
These failures came after the inventors of the tush push, the Philadelphia Eagles, had one go awry when QB Jalen Hurts fumbled on Friday against the Chicago Bears.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Hurts completed just over half of his passes and had two costly turnovers in the second half, including losing a fumble on a tush push.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tush
Noun
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His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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One layer gives me all-over, medium-to-full coverage, a few additional dots to my cheeks and chin cover up the annoying splotchiness that's showed up on my skin recently.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As older leaders retire, the days of bums on seats five days a week are likely to fade with them.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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And when the game was over, both coaches were eager to remark about the atmosphere and unused seats, Georgetown’s Ed Cooley was curious and UConn’s Dan Hurley exasperated that the crowd wasn’t more raucous on this Valentine’s Night.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Whitney Westerfield boarded his Southwest flight from Tampa to Nashville on Thursday and went to his seat in Row 8.—
Hannah Sampson,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The insects feed on organic matter and use a tail-like bodies to jump, appearing as dark, pepper-like specs in the snow.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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In an era where artistic metrics are splintered between box office, streaming and the long tail of cultural chatter, Merino still believes in the old ritual.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Tush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tush. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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