buttock
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbʌtək/
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- The sight of his firm buttocks under his white shorts made Finn suddenly furious.
- buttock pain
- legs and buttocks
- thighs and buttocks
There's nothing wrong with, if you're young, putting something in your buttocks.
- There's nothing wrong with, if you're young, putting something in your buttocks.
Examples
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Didn't you get calluses on your buttocks?
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As a person sits down, the contact area between the buttocks and the seating surface changes.
Academic text (1994) -
Squeeze your buttocks when you come up.
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It's the firmness of the buttocks I'm worried about.
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The chair used for multisubject tests supported the subject at the buttocks, knees, and feet.
Academic text (1996) -
The hired man looked at Grofe and Commerey and shifted his buttocks on the saddle.
Fiction book (1990) -
His scraped shin stings and his buttocks hurt in his thin wet bathing suit.
Fiction book (1990) -
When she fell, she landed hard on her buttock and winced in pain.
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He had to adjust his posture because sitting for long hours put strain on his buttocks.
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The doctor explained that exercising can help tone the muscles in the buttocks.
Synonyms
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5.7
The fleshy part of your body that you sit on
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1.6
The fleshy part of the body that you sit on
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1.4
The part of trousers or a skirt that covers the bottom
118
1.0
The soft part of the body that you sit on
95
1.0
One of the two soft rounded parts of the bottom
81
7.9
The part of the body you sit on
55
7.5
The part of the body you sit on
41
2.0
The part of the body you sit on
38
1.3
The part of the body that you sit on
25
2.0
The soft part of the body you sit on
23
2.5
The soft part of your body that you sit on
23
7.5
An informal American word for the soft part of your body that you sit on
19
2.8
The soft part at the back of your hips that you sit on
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8.6
A name children use for the part of the body you sit on
12
6.8
The part of the body you sit on
12
9.9
The soft part of the body you sit on
11
8.1
The soft part of the body you sit on
9
8.8
The soft back part of the body that you sit on
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4.9
The fleshy part of the body that you sit on
3
8.8
A slang word for the part of the body you sit on
2
3.2
The part at the back of the body that you sit on
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9.9
An informal word for the parts at the back of the body that you sit on
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9.9
The soft part of your body that you sit on
1
9.4
The part of the body you sit on
1
9.9
A child's word for the bottom
1
9.1
The soft part of the body you sit on
The two soft parts at the back of your hips that you sit on
The part of the body you sit on
The rear part of an animal or person's body with hips and thighs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buttock comes from the old English word butt meaning 'end' and the small ending -ock meaning 'little'. So a buttock is one of the 'little ends' at the back of your hips.