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hindquarters

hindquarters is the plural of hindquarter.

Meaning of hindquarter

Noun

hindquarter (plural hindquarters)

  1. Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
  2. (in plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
    • While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
  3. (derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally) Human behind, butt.

Questions about hindquarters

What is hindquarters the plural of?
Hindquarters is the plural of hindquarter.

Words near hindquarters in the dictionary

  1. hindpaws
  2. hindpocket
  3. hindpockets
  4. Hindpool
  5. hindquarter
  6. hindquarters
  7. hindrance
  8. hindrances
  9. hindraunce
  10. hindraunces
  11. hindre

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