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but⋅tock

[buht-uhk]
–noun
1. Usually, buttocks.
a. (in humans) either of the two fleshy protuberances forming the lower and back part of the trunk.
b. (in animals) the rump.
2. Sometimes, buttocks. Nautical. the aftermost portion of a hull above the water line and in front of the rudder, merging with the run below the water line.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME buttok, OE buttuc. See butt 1 , -ock


buttocked, adjective
but·tock   (bŭt'ək)   
n.  
    1. Either of the two rounded prominences on the human torso that are posterior to the hips and formed by the gluteal muscles and underlying structures.
    2. The analogous part of the body on certain mammals.
  1. buttocks The rear pelvic area of the human body.

[Middle English, from Old English buttuc, strip of land, end; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

Buttock

But"tock\, n. [From Butt an end.]

1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

2. (Naut.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. --Mar. Dict.
Language Translation for : buttock
Spanish: nalga,
German: die Hinterbacke,
Japanese: しり

Main Entry: but·tock
Pronunciation: 'b&t-&k
Function: noun
1 : the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a personsits
2 buttocks pl : the seat of the body; also : the corresponding part of a quadruped : RUMP

buttock but·tock (bŭt'ək)
n.

  1. Either of the two rounded prominences on the human torso that are posterior to the hips and formed by the gluteal muscles and underlying structures.
  2. buttocks The rear pelvic area of the human body.

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