Meanings
plural tuchuses · humorous plural tuchi · alternative toches · alternative tochis · alternative tochus · alternative tokhes · alternative tokus · alternative tookus · alternative tucchus · alternative tuchas · alternative tuches · alternative tuchis · alternative tuckus
- USslangThe buttocks, rear end, butt.
he sat on the top of mountains and read Wordsworth and Lenin aloud to extravagantly beautiful shikseh waitresses with golden pigtails down to their tocheses (no one ever said arse in this gathering, it was always toches) who repaid him with free Glühwein and he wasn't prepared to tell me what else.
2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 661 more example
House: You had a hot flash. Those guys kicked your guys hard enough to do lasting damage. You didn’t even look when presented with two reasonably attractive tuchi — yeah! I said it! Reese: I was listening to my doctor. House: People generally listen with their ears, leaving their eyes free to wander. I’m guessing that your testosterone level is just below Bieber [scil. Justin Bieber].
2012 February 20th, Sara Hess, Liz Friedman, “Man of the House”, in Colin Bucksey, director, House, season 8, episode 13, spoken by Gregory House and Joe Reese (Hugh Laurie and Jake Weber)
Origin
- Hebrewתַּחַת“buttocks”
- Yiddishתּחת“buttocks”
- Englishtuchus
From Yiddish תּחת (tokhes, “buttocks”), in turn from Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat, “buttocks”).
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