keister
keister noun: the anus or buttocks.
Noun
keister (plural keisters)
- The anus or buttocks.
- A safe, a strongbox.
- ― " […] The four hundred's yours to take a keister for me. Any cash you find in the box is yours."
- ― "Four hundred, huh? Don't seem like much. Think there'd be anything in the keister?"1953, Richard S. Prather, Too many crooks, page 100
- A suitcase or satchel.
- Tripods, keister and loud talk don't make a pitchman any more than do fine feathers make fine birds.1942 August 29, Billboard, page 63
- Sometimes Mama was too busy to make the daily rounds of the draws and pockets, in which case she gave us the keister — an old leather satchel used, in its better days to carry the baby's "didies" in — and sent us to bring in the eggs.1963, Grace Snyder, Nellie Irene Snyder Yost, No Time on My Hands, page 37
Verb
keister (third-person singular simple present keisters, present participle keistering, simple past and past participle keistered)
Proper noun capitalized: Keister
Keister (plural Keisters)
- A surname.
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Forms of keister
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | keisters |
| alternative form | keester |
| alternative form | keyster |
| alternative form | kiester |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | keisters |
| present participle | keistering |
| past participle | keistered |
| past | keistered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Keisters |
Origin of keister
Uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the 20th century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod. A likely origin is the word Kiste, which means a box or case, in both German and Yiddish.
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Questions about keister
- What does keister mean?
- Keister means the anus or buttocks.
- What part of speech is keister?
- Keister can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of keister?
- The plural of keister is keisters.
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