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
Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tush
Noun
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Makeup artist Ernesto Casillas applied a flushed, rosy blush to Zendaya's cheeks and mimicked the color with Vuitton's LV Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Odysseé on her lips, finishing with a soft brown eye shadow and a few flicks of mascara.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trying to warm up your bum from the cold was said to produce heavier periods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Republican heavyweights Young Kim and Ken Calvert are set to battle in Orange County’s only safe GOP seat, a costly primary forced by redistricting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Life spills outside though, where the terraces offer a front-row seat to the famously dramatic cliffs and sea.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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Austen is not far behind him, but Salley is hot on his tail, yelling at him to come back into the party.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hours later, an inspection of a helicopter that responded to the shooting call at Byers’ home revealed a bullet had pierced the tail.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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