- the back or hind part
- the rump; buttocks
Origin of backside
Middle English bak side
A dogs backside.
The definition of backside is the rump of a human or the hind part of an animal.
If you slip on ice and fall on your rear end, then that is an example of falling on your backside.
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backside
noun
InformalThe buttocks; the rump.
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Noun
(plural backsides)
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Sentence Examples
- She slapped his backside playfully.
- Any other day, she'd have stared at his hard body and the way his jeans hugged his muscular thighs and the round globes of his backside, or the T-shirt that fit so well.
- Her clothes were soaking wet and her backside was numb with cold.
- He rolled up the newspaper and hit her playfully on the backside as she walked away.
- He slapped her backside playfully as she walked out the door ahead of him.
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