Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Either of the two rounded prominences on the human torso that are posterior to the hips and formed by the gluteal muscles and underlying structures.
- n. The analogous part of the body on certain mammals.
- n. The rear pelvic area of the human body.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Either of the two protuberances which form the rump in men and animals; in the plural, the rump; the gluteal region of the body, more protuberant in man than in any other animal; the bottom.
- n. The upper aftermost portion of the continuation of the contour of a ship's bottom. Thearle, Naval Arch.
- n. In coal-mining, the portion of a face of coal ready to be next taken down.
- n. A piece of armor for the rump of a horse. See croupière.
Wiktionary
- n. Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back and the top of the legs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. Often used in the plural -- see buttocks.
- n. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
WordNet 3.0
- n. either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English buttuc, strip of land, end; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Subject received a flesh wound in the right buttock from the machine gun fire that destroyed the LOH.”
“I swung around for the spot and yanked my sweaty map out from under my left buttock, which is still the best map holder ever devised for a fighter plane, and prepared to get some good coordinates for the rescue guys.”
Thud Ridge
“The hip-bone, (Os ischium) lies directly under the flank bone, (Os ilium) and is the lowest point of the basin, or pelvis, vulgarly called the buttock, being the point on which we sit.”
“Ely believes the value of the metal in the buttock is the real issue for Iraq officials: £250,000.”
“We must, however, interpret in greater detail; the Rotunda is the buttock which is regularly associated by the child with the genital, the smaller front structure is the scrotum.”
“You might say that being a best-selling author is all glitz and book signings but let me tell you about the significant chafing around my right buttock which is making it difficult to type tonight.”
“a dark cavity which showed that this singular "buttock" was hollow within.”
“Peter Mandelson and the tattoo on his left buttock”
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“Now that you talk about lead and lead poisoning, I have a doubt since last December, when my brother shot a buck and we found a .223 bullet inside his buttock in perfect mushrom shape, from a previous year.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘buttock’.
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End in -ock
Inspired by fbharjo (see spitchcock).
spitchcock, hillock, willock, peacock, pajock, penock, yapock, sycock, bittock, bawcock, burrock, cammock and 168 more...
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In the Collieries
A collection of coal mining and colliery terms. Some British, some Scots, and some, Other. Many terms are quite to the point; others colorful and imaginative.
Also see Middlesmith's li...fire-damp, black-damp, choke-damp, skip, basket, gallery, Gregory lamp, pit, balance, balancer, tenter, coupler and 279 more...
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words that are fun to say
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