backside
Americannoun
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the rear or back part or view of an object, person, scene, etc.; that part which is opposite the front.
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rump; buttocks.
noun
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the back of something
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informal the buttocks
Etymology
Origin of backside
1350–1400; Middle English back syde; back 1, side 1; compare Old English bæce backside
Example Sentences
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After two days, I’d start eyeing my mushy backside with disdain in restaurant windows.
From Los Angeles Times
A spider can flick off irritating hairs from the backside of its abdomen, which feel like fiberglass or minute cactus spines.
From Los Angeles Times
After being removed from the NL Division Series roster with an abscess on his backside that became infected, former closer Tanner Scott said he feels healthy enough to pitch in the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times
Along the “backside” of the southern end of Catalina, it felt even more remote.
From Los Angeles Times
On shimmering disco anthem Got To Have Love, he warns against squandering relationships: "When love disappears / Life disappears / and you sit on your backside / for 25 years."
From BBC
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