dictionary definitions for "hindquarters"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  hindquarters
      n 1: 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?" [syn: buttocks,
           nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns,
           can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior,
           prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat,
           tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
           behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
      2: the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human
         buttocks [syn: croup, croupe, rump]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hindquarters \hindquarters\ n.
     1. the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip,
        on which a person sits; teh buttocks.
  
     Syn: buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
          fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear,
          rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie,
          tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human
        buttocks.
  
     Syn: croup, croupe, rump.
          [WordNet 1.5]


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