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Webster 1913 Edition


Buttock

But′tock

,
Noun.
[From
Butt
an end.]
1.
The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. Often used in the plural – see
buttocks
.

Syn. – cheek.
2.
(Naut.)
The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
Mar. Dict.

Webster 1828 Edition


Buttock

BUT'TOCK

,
Noun.
The rump,or the protuberant part behind.
1.
The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Definition 2024


buttock

buttock

English

Human buttocks.

Noun

buttock (plural buttocks)

  1. (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
  2. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of the Maritime Dictionary to this entry?)

Usage notes

The plural form is usually used in the singular sense for a single person's posterior, often called butt. It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • buttock” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).