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 in a Sentence
I couldn't even make it down the bunny slope without ending up on my caboose
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Sightseeing features include a covered bridge over the east fork of White Oak Bayou, a Union Pacific Railroad caboose, a World War II army tank, an old log cabin and an iron jail cell that the city once used.
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Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The tactic certainly caught the attention of one of the railcar's occupants: Spencer, who spots his wife screaming for help next to the tracks and leaps from its caboose to rescue her without a second thought.
—EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The train doesn't stop, but the hunter hauls hide through its cars, ultimately jumping off its caboose and into Alex's arms.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The tactic certainly caught the attention of one of the railcar's occupants: Spencer, who spots his wife screaming for help next to the tracks and leaps from its caboose to rescue her without a second thought.
—EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The train doesn't stop, but the hunter hauls hide through its cars, ultimately jumping off its caboose and into Alex's arms.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Take a culinary road trip with the chef who opened a luncheonette in a historic train caboose on the Pacific Coast Highway.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for caboose
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caboose. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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caboose
noun
ca·boose
kə-ˈbüs 
: a car usually at the rear of a freight train for the use of the train crew and railroad workers
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