backside

[bak-sahyd]

noun

1. the rear or back part or view of an object, person, scene, etc.; that part which is opposite the front.

2. rump; buttocks.

backside

/ ˌbækˈsaɪd /

noun

1. the back of something

2. informal,  the buttocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of backside¹

1350–1400; Middle English back syde; back ¹, side ¹; compare Old English bæce backside

Example Sentences

After two days, I’d start eyeing my mushy backside with disdain in restaurant windows.

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It said they kicked him, shocked him with a Taser, including on the head, and stabbed him in the backside.

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"When I turned away to pick up the aid, he put his hands on my backside," she explains.

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A spider can flick off irritating hairs from the backside of its abdomen, which feel like fiberglass or minute cactus spines.

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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.

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Related Words

• butt 
• posterior 
• rump