caboose /kəˈbuːs/ noun6 •(US) The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van. •(slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.That's a pretty big caboose for a baby. — 2001 •[in compounds] (informal) A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song. — 1987 •(slang) The person or team in last place. •(historical) A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.A tremendous billow, fringed with foam, swept over our deck, carrying the cook's caboose, cooking utensils and stove right overboard into the sea. — 1881 •(no longer used) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel. formscabeese · caboosen · cabooses