backside
Americannoun
-
the rear or back part or view of an object, person, scene, etc.; that part which is opposite the front.
-
rump; buttocks.
noun
-
the back of something
-
informal the buttocks
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of backside
1350–1400; Middle English back syde; see back 1, side 1; compare Old English bæce backside
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
These days, that backside has turned Brunson into the most valuable asset in the entire NBA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
She landed a competition-first backside 1620 trick - featuring four-and-a-half rotations - but over-rotated at the very last moment.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
"I gave myself a kick up the backside and said I would make an album, a real bedroom project," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
These days, I notice fuchsia bursts of bougainvillea instead of my mushy backside.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
He could make out Parker Head heading down to Thayer’s haymeadow and the coast; its snowy backside showed between the bare trunks.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
