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heinie

/ˈhaɪni/

heinie noun: the buttocks.

Noun (1)

heinie (plural heinies)

  1. (US, slang) The buttocks.
    • Hey there, people, I'm Bobby Brown
      They say I'm the cutest boy in town
      My car is fast, my teeth is shiny
      I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie1978, Frank Zappa, “Bobby Brown”
    • She had spent enough time kissing heinies to wear her lips right off. And Shelby Symington didn't like kissing heinies. Down in Atlanta, where she was from, people used to line up to kiss hers.1992, Olivia Goldsmith, The First Wives Club, page 200

Proper noun capitalized: Heinie

Heinie

  1. (US) A diminutive form of Heinrich, or its English cognate Henry, sometimes applied to a person of (real or supposed) German heritage.
    • Henry "Heinie" Manush,^([Heinie Manush]) yet another outfield prospect, joined the Tigers in 1923, having impressed management with his outstanding Western League batting average of .375 the previous season. Major league pitching proved no mystery to Heinie either, as he connected for a .334...1999, William Martin Anderson, The Detroit Tigers, page 48
    • Heinie^([Heinie Zimmerman]) played with the Cubs from 1907 thru 1916, as a third baseman.2010, Wayne Mausser, Chicago Cubs Facts and Trivia, Third Edition, page 27

Noun (2) capitalized: Heinie

Heinie (plural Heinies)

  1. (US, slang) A German, especially a German soldier.
    • "Let's go get them heinies, Sergeant," I challenged, with forced good cheer.2005, John B. Babcock, Taught to Kill, page 99
    • The Heinies had run off. We were suspicious; the boys were a little nervous because in a hedgerow we didn't know where our friends and foes were. Suddenly Bud said, “Damn, there's a Heinie over there. There's his helmet!”2009, John Wayne Gorman, Dorothy Gorman Yundt, Patrick Quinn, Compass: U.S. Army Ranger, European Theater, 1944-45, page 58

Forms of heinie

pluralheinies
alternative formhiney
alternative formheiny
pluralHeinies

Origin of heinie

From a corruption of *hindie, for *behindie (“behind, rear end, hindward parts”), equivalent to hind + -ie. Perhaps influenced in some way by Heinie (“a German”).

From Heinrich (“German given name”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Words that rhyme with heinie

Questions about heinie

What does heinie mean?
Heinie means the buttocks.
What part of speech is heinie?
Heinie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce heinie?
Heinie is pronounced /ˈhaɪni/.
What is the plural of heinie?
The plural of heinie is heinies.

Words near heinie in the dictionary

  1. Heinens
  2. Heinesque
  3. Heiney
  4. Heineys
  5. Heingang
  6. heinie
  7. heinies
  8. Heinle
  9. Heinlein
  10. Heinleinesque
  11. Heinleinian

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