buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”
rear, backside, back end
(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front; “his room was toward the rear of the hotel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backside (plural backsides)
The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemism) an outhouse.
(euphemism) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
• (outhouse): backhouse (US); see also bathroom
• (buttocks): rear; see also buttocks
• (verso): See verso
• diebacks
Source: Wiktionary
Back"side`, n. Etym: [Back, a. + side. ]
Definition: The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
Note: Backside (one word) was formerly used of the rear part or side of any thing or place, but in such senses is now two words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
