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 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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Along the “backside” of the southern end of Catalina, it felt even more remote.

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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."

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I know full well this is going to bite me on the backside but I'll go for the Kansas City Chiefs, who have a competitive AFC West to contend with.

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He started making up ground on the backside but had too much work to do against a superior Fierceness.

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Related Words

• butt 
• posterior 
• rump