caboose

ca-boose · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (North American) A railroad car at the end of a freight train, used by the train crew.

  2. 2.

    (informal) A person's buttocks.

  3. 3.

    (archaic) A ship's galley or kitchen.

Forms

plural: cabooses

Related words

See also: railway, train
Synonyms: brake van, guard's van

Etymology

From Dutch kabuis or Low German kabuse meaning "ship's galley." The railway sense developed in North America in the mid-19th century.