buttock
UK/ˈbʌtək//ˈbʌtək/
buttock noun: each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
Noun
buttock (plural buttocks)
- Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
- Run, run, come you hither / Novv, take all my Cuſhions dovvn and thvvack them ſoundly, / After my Feaſt of Millers: for their Buttocks / Have left a peck of flovver in them, beat them carefully […]c. 1615–1620 (date written), Tho[mas] Middleton, The Mayor of Quinborough: A Comedy. […] [Hengist, King of Kent], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], published 1661, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 61
- Synonyms:
- asscheek, cheek, 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty
- The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
- There came a blast of freezing wind that made Skell shrug himself against the oaken post on which the ship's buttock rested.1925, Adventure, volume 54
buttock meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
buttock in Hindi
- each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
- कूल्हा kūlhā, चूतड़ cūtaṛ, नितंब nitamb
buttock in Tamil
- each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
- பிட்டம் piṭṭam, குண்டி kuṇṭi
buttock in Urdu
- each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
- چوتڑ cūtaṛ, چوتر cūtar
buttock in Bengali
- each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
- পাছা pacha, নিতম্ব nitombo
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- buttock in Telugu
- పిరుదు pirudu, పిర్ర pirra
- buttock in Malayalam
- ചന്തി canti, നിതംബം nitambaṁ, പൃഷ്ഠം pr̥ṣṭhaṁ, കുണ്ടി kuṇṭi
- buttock in Kannada
- ಅಂಡು, ಕುಂಡೆ, ಕುಂಡಿ, ಪೂರ
- buttock in Gujarati
- કૂલો kūlo, ઢગરો ḍhagro, જઘન jaghan
- buttock in Odia
- ନିତମ୍ବ Nitamba
- buttock in Sanskrit
- जघन jaghana
- buttock in Assamese
- তপিনা topina, টিকা tika, কটি koti
- buttock in Nepali
- चाक cāk, नितम्ब nitamba
- buttock in Tagalog
- puwit, pigi
- buttock in Arabic
- دُبْر dubr, رِدْف ridf, رِدْفَان ridfān, أَلْيَة ʔalya
- buttock in Malay
- buntut
- buttock in Persian
- سرین sorin
- buttock in Thai
- ก้น gôn
- buttock in Vietnamese
- mông
- buttock in Myanmar
- ဖရုံဆွဲ hpa.rumhcwai:, တင် tang, ဖင် hpang
Examples of buttock in a sentence
- External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.
- Unlike chimpanzees, whose females have bright red swollen buttocks when ovulating, females in humans evolved to have concealed ovulation, and do not have any perceptible signs that indicate their fertility.
- So, too, are Daisy Dukes cut high enough to expose buttocks curvature.
Synonyms of buttock
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Forms of buttock
| plural | buttocks |
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Origin of buttock
Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from buttock
Phrases with buttock
Questions about buttock
- What does buttock mean?
- Buttock means each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
- What is buttock in Hindi?
- Buttock in Hindi is कूल्हा (kūlhā), चूतड़ (cūtaṛ), नितंब (nitamb). See Buttock meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is buttock?
- Buttock is a noun.
- How do you pronounce buttock?
- Buttock is pronounced /ˈbʌtək/ (UK).
- What is the plural of buttock?
- The plural of buttock is buttocks.
Words near buttock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: buttock (page history and authors); buttock (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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