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kiester

kiester is the alternative spelling of keister.

kiester is the informal form of buttocks or en.

Meaning of keister

Noun

keister (plural keisters)

  1. (slang) The anus or buttocks.
  2. (dated, slang) 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
  3. (slang) 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Kiester

Kiester (countable and uncountable, plural Kiesters)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.

Forms of kiester

Noun
pluralkiesters
Proper noun
pluralKiesters

Origin of kiester

Probably a variant of German Kister.

Questions about kiester

What does kiester mean?
Kiester means a surname from German.
What is kiester the alternative spelling of?
Kiester is the alternative spelling of keister.
What part of speech is kiester?
Kiester is a proper noun.

Words near kiester in the dictionary

  1. Kieslings
  2. Kiesow
  3. Kiesows
  4. Kiessling
  5. Kiesslings
  6. kiester
  7. kiesters
  8. Kieu
  9. Kieus
  10. kiev
  11. Kiev cake

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