Associations to the word «Caboose»

Wiktionary

CABOOSE, noun. (obsolete) (nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
CABOOSE, noun. (US) (rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
CABOOSE, noun. (slang) (baby-talk or euphemistic) buttocks
CABOOSE, noun. (slang) (sports) The person or team in last place.

Dictionary definition

CABOOSE, noun. The area for food preparation on a ship.
CABOOSE, noun. A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats