hiney

American  

[hahy-nee] / ˈhaɪ ni /

noun

Slang.

plural

hineys

1. heinie.

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Usage

What does hiney mean? Hiney is a childish term for the buttocks (which is a technical word for the butt). Hiney is a euphemism, meaning it’s a substitute for a word (like the name of a body part) that may be considered impolite to say. Hiney can also be spelled heinie. Example: Oh, she’s fine—she just fell down and bumped her hiney.

Etymology

Origin of hiney

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Many among us will have had cause to ape his “Tequila” dance, to have made a joke about the Alamo basement, chanted “Mekka-lekka hi mekka hiney ho!” or remarked on their friends’ ”big but.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

“I sort of feel like when I hear that, I kinda turn into ‘Beavis and Butthead’ a little bit: ‘Ha ha, he said hiney.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2021

The genie Jambi‘s catchy incantation — “Mekka lekka hi, mekka hiney ho!” — riffed off of one of Paragon’s earlier sketch characters, a waiter at a hokey luau-themed restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2021

Let’s not forget, by the way, that Lattimore caught one of those interceptions with his hiney.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2018

I set her on her wooden baby seat so her little hiney don’t fall in and soon as I turn my back, she off that pot running.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett