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noun

hindquarters n.

The fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.

Synonyms: 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.

The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.

Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump.

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Etymology of 'Hindquarters'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hindquarters" Quotes from Famous Books

... the fire, an antelope (water buck) jumped out of a hollow, and, rushing through the high grass, he exposed himself for an instant in crossing the summit of a bare knoll, and received a ball from the little Fletcher in the hindquarters. Although badly wounded, he was too nimble for my natives, who chased him with their spears for about a quarter of a mile. These fellows tracked him beautifully, and we at length found him hiding in a deep pool in the river, and ...

— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker

... am making a collection of the smaller American animals, and a bob-cat is something like a big English ferret. It has high hindquarters and walks with a curious jump, which I suppose is why it got its name. I'm not sure it lives in Canada, and an American got this one for me. ...

— Blake's Burden • Harold Bindloss

... their fire was not going to stop the tyrannosaurus's charge. They were pouring a nearly steady stream of fire into the monster now, while on the other side of the trail Connel was doing the same, raking the monstrous hulk from the forelegs to the hindquarters. ...

— The Revolt on Venus • Carey Rockwell

... the rifle rang out like a cannon. The does fled away as if by magic. The stag tried also to get to shore, but the ball had inflicted a wound which partially paralysed his hindquarters. At the sight of the blood and the big fellow's struggles to get away, the horror of the thing swept over me. "Oh, kill him, kill him!" I wailed. "Don't ...

— A Woman Tenderfoot • Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Words linked to "Hindquarters" : posterior, hind end, tail, croup, tush, bird, prat, torso, fundament, bottom, rump, body, bum, buns, quadruped, buttocks, fanny, body part, behind, backside, butt, haunch, tail end, rear, ass, can, tooshie