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Hindquarters   Listen
noun
hindquarters  n.  
1.
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.
2.
The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump.





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"Hindquarters" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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
... along with them. But after midnight Camp grew very restless. He had his blanket in the big armchair—you know the one I mean—as usual. But he wouldn't stay there. We had to lift him down. You see his hindquarters were paralysed, and he couldn't help himself much. It was pathetic. I can't forget the asking look in his half-blind eyes. But we couldn't make out what he wanted. At last he dragged himself as far as the door, and we set it open and watched him, poor, ...
— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet
... obvious, if there be any logic in things, that a grub so well-protected against asphyxiation by drowning must frequent liquid surroundings. One does not encircle one's hindquarters with a coronet for the sole satisfaction of displaying it. With its apparatus of spokes, the Grey Fly's grub informs us of the dangerous nature of its functions: when working upon a corpse, it runs the risk of drowning. ...
— The Life of the Fly - With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography • J. Henri Fabre


Words linked to "Hindquarters" :   posterior, derriere, butt, buttocks, rear, tail, bottom, fanny, behind, body part, fundament, haunch, body, bird, bum, can, ass, rump, quadruped, prat, torso, keister, trunk, stern, hind end, seat, croup, tooshie


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