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Hindquarters   /hˈaɪndkwˌɔrtərz/  /hˈaɪndkˌɔrtərz/   Listen
Hindquarters

noun
1.
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.  Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.  "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
2.
The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.  Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump.






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"Hindquarters" Quotes from Famous Books



... scrub trotted a huge, shaggy, black thing, all head and shoulders, with body slanting back abruptly to a pair of weak hindquarters. Down the slope it ran in quick, noiseless, jerky steps; the yearling turned his head, still munching, ears cocked forward. And suddenly the monster rushed at him with a squeal, and the yearling shrieked and fled, chased clear up ...
— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers



Words linked to "Hindquarters" :   body part, bird, trunk, haunch, torso, body, quadruped



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