caboose

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈbuːs/

Noun

caboose (plural cabooses)

1. (obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
2. (historic, nautical) A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.
3. (US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
4. (slang, baby-talk or euphemistic) buttocks
5. (slang, sports) The person or team in last place.
6. A youngest child who is born after a big gap in time.

Synonyms

• (last car on train) guard's van (obsolete)

Translations

• German: Kombüse
• Russian: ка́мбуз

Translations

• Russian: за́дний тормозно́й ваго́н
• Spanish: furgón de cola, vagón de cola

Translations

• Deutsch: Hintern

• Russian: за́дница
• Spanish: pompis, pompi, (Chile) poto, colita

Translations

• Russian: аутса́йдер
• Spanish: colista

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