caboose

ca·boose

noun \kə-ˈbüs\

Definition of CABOOSE

1

: a ship's galley

2

: a freight-train car attached usually to the rear mainly for the use of the train crew

3

: one that follows or brings up the rear

4

: buttocks

Examples of CABOOSE

1. <a 1950s sex symbol who was famous for swinging her caboose as she walked>

Origin of CABOOSE

probably from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, from Middle Low German kabūse

First Known Use: 1732

Related to CABOOSE

Synonyms: backside, behind, booty (also bootie) [slang], bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, cheeks, derriere (or derrière), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie [slang], hunkers, keister (also keester) [slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush [slang]

Related Words: beam, stern; moon [slang]

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Rhymes with CABOOSE

Aarhus, abstruse, abuse, adduce, Atreus, blue spruce, burnoose, Cayuse, Cepheus, ceruse, charmeuse, chartreuse, Chartreuse, conduce, couscous, cut loose, deduce, diffuse, disuse, educe, effuse, excuse, fair use, footloose, hang loose, induce, Lanús, misuse, mongoose, Morpheus, negus, obtuse, Orpheus, papoose, Peleus, Perseus, prepuce, produce, profuse, Proteus, Purus, recluse, red spruce, reduce, refuse, retuse, reuse, Sanctus, seduce, slip noose, snow goose, Tereus, Theseus, traduce, transduce, turn loose, unloose, vamoose