buttock
Americannoun
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Usually buttocks.
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(in humans) either of the two fleshy protuberances forming the lower and back part of the trunk.
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(in animals) the rump.
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Nautical. Sometimes buttocks. the aftermost portion of a hull above the water line and in front of the rudder, merging with the run below the water line.
noun
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either of the two large fleshy masses of thick muscular tissue that form the human rump See also gluteus
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the analogous part in some mammals
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Etymology
Origin of buttock
before 1000; Middle English buttok, Old English buttuc. See butt 1, -ock
Example Sentences
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Lipoma of Buttock of forty years' duration in a woman æt. 68.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
It lies in a N.W. to S.E. direction, and its greatest length from Buttock Point on the Kyles to Garroch Head on the Firth of Clyde is 15� m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Acute Bed Sores over right Buttock 104 25.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Buttock or round, used for steaks, pot roasts, beef á la mode; also a prime boiling-piece.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)
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