ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Buttocks

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbʌ.təks/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Buttocks is a noun meaning plural of buttock.

Meaning

plural of buttock.

Example Sentences

At leaſt five Hundred of theſe reforming Vultures are daily plundering our Pockets, and ranſacking our Houſes, leaving me ſometimes not one pair of Tractable Buttocks in my Vaulting-School to provide for my Family, or earn me ſo much as a Pudding for my next Sundays Dinner : [...]
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’

Synonyms for buttocks

Depending on context, synonyms include arse, ass, back, backside, batty, behind.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, butt.

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