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: the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits
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Examples of buttock in a Sentence
she slipped in the mud puddle and hit the ground square on her buttocks
Recent Examples on the Web
The areas of skin most often affected are the warm crevices of your body—your underarms, groin, buttocks, under-boob area, or inner thighs.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
The chimps gouged out his right eye and chewed off his nose, eight of his fingers, a chunk of his skull as well as parts of his lips, cheek, buttocks, genitals and feet.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
In roughly the same area of the pitch, Gabriel Jesus was bending over to adjust his boot, when Colombia international Mosquera wandered over and… well, at the very least cupped the Brazilian’s right buttock, and potentially a bit more.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
Target the muscles in your legs, buttocks, and back.
—Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English buttok — more at butt entry 1
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of buttock was
in the 13th century
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“Buttock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buttock. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
buttock
noun
but·tock
ˈbət-ək
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: the back of the hip which forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits
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