buttock
Americannoun
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buttocks
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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.
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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
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ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
A woman who died during an operation for a buttock enlargement in Turkey was not given enough information to make a safe decision about the procedure, a coroner has concluded.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
Surgically speaking, a BBL is basically fat grafting, in which fat is moved from one location to your body to your buttock area.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023
British journalist Nigel Ely wrote a 2017 book about a chunk of Saddam’s left buttock that he pried off the statue.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
“Only time I’ve ever seen Dad as angry as Mum. Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Airlines measure capacity using something called an available seat mile, which is one mile flown by one seat, with or without buttocks.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Non-surgical BBLs - like the one Webb is believed to have had - involves injecting dermal filler into the buttocks.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
If your pelvis sits at an angle—maybe because your legs are different lengths, maybe because you have scoliosis—the midline of the buttocks can tilt, and, boom, a crooked crack.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
The study also found that people who used tanning beds were more likely to develop melanoma on body areas that are usually shielded from the sun, such as the lower back and buttocks.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
Fleas in the pottage bowl, Fleas in the bread, Bloodsucking fleas In the blankets of our beds, Nibbling our buttocks And the backs of our knees, Biting and delighting Through the night — those fleas!
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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