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tushy

tushy

14 8.6
A name children use for the part of the body you sit on
  • noun
  • /ˈtʊʃi/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : pompis
  • VOICE ON THE RADIO: --as sweet as a baby's tushy.
  • rub my tushy
  • little tushy
  • biting my tushy

It's a three-step process and it's the magic of tushy.

Examples

  • Look at that cute little tushy in the playground!

  • You just tap her real light right on the tushy and say, "Hey, I'm your daddy.

  • - Kiss my frozen tushy.

  • Let's get your little tushies into bed.

  • Who's got a wet tushy?

  • Keeping my socks on, I covered my tushy with the open flaps.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • When Roz's dad died, I said: Hey, we're freezing our tushies off here in Detroit.

  • Now Gert was stroking the cheek of Anna's handsome grandson, saying, "Smooth, like a baby's tushy."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The toddler fell and landed on her tushy, but she got up and laughed.

  • After the bath, I wrapped my baby in a towel, keeping her tushy warm.

Synonyms

ass
vstushy
  • Offensive
5.7

The fleshy part of your body that you sit on

is milder and more childish rather than vulgar or offensive
butt
vstushy
  • Informal
1.6

The fleshy part of the body that you sit on

is more childish and cutesy rather than broadly informal
seat
vstushy
123 1.4

The part of trousers or a skirt that covers the bottom

is specifically a childish informal label rather than a garment term
arse
vstushy
  • Offensive
77 9.6

The rude word for the part of the body you sit on

is softer and more childlike than this vulgar term
bum
vstushy
  • UK
55 7.5

The part of the body you sit on

is more childish and playful than this general informal term
tush
vstushy
  • Informal
17 8.2

The soft part of the body that you sit on

leans more toward childish, playful usage rather than plain informal
wazoo
vstushy
  • Slang
13 9.9

An informal word for a person's bottom

is more mild and childish rather than coarse or crude
heinie
vstushy
  • Slang
12 9.9

The soft part of the body you sit on

is more childish and playful than plain slang expressions
derriere
vstushy
11 8.1

The soft part of the body you sit on

is informal and childlike rather than polite or formal
tushie
vstushy
  • Baby Talk
9 8.8

The soft back part of the body that you sit on

is the same informal childish form rather than a neutral term
patootie
vstushy
  • Slang
7 9.9

A friendly word for a person's bottom or for someone very cute

is informal and childish but less explicitly affectionate
hiney
vstushy
  • Baby Talk
5 8.9

The soft part at the back of your body that you sit on

has identical informal childish meaning and the same playful tone
tuchis
vstushy
  • Slang
1 9.9

An informal word for the parts at the back of the body that you sit on

is more childlike and less rough than general slang terms
kiester
vstushy
  • Slang
1 9.9

The soft part of your body that you sit on

is less coarse and more childlike than crude slang
tooshie
vstushy
  • Baby Talk
1 9.4

The part of the body you sit on

matches that childlike informal tone rather than sounding formal
popo
vstushy
  • Baby Talk
1 9.9

A child's word for the bottom

is equally informal but slightly more commonly playful and childish
buttocks
vstushy
1.6

Two rounded soft parts at the back of the human body that you sit on

is informal and childish rather than this neutral anatomical term
nether cheek
vstushy
  • Informal
9.9

One of the two rounded parts at the back of the body used for sitting

is more directly childish and less euphemistic in tone

How Polite

posterior
  • Specialized
22 6.1
buttocks
1.6
rear end
  • Informal
25 2.0
tushy
  • Baby Talk
14 8.6
tush
  • Informal
17 8.2
butt
  • Informal
1.6
arse
  • Offensive
77 9.6

Surface Forms

tushy singular
tushies plural

Morphology

tushy = tush (transparent) = tush + y

The word is a straightforward informal formation from 'tush' + the diminutive/adjectival suffix '-y', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Tushy comes from Yiddish tuchus which means 'buttocks' or 'rear' and is like the short English word tush. It became a gentle, childish way to say 'bottom', so parents and teachers often use it with children.