buttocks
SayBUT-uhks/ˈbʌ.təks/
- 1Plural of buttock.
The exercise targets the muscles of the buttocks and thighs.
She slipped on the ice and landed squarely on her buttocks.
Note
The usual form for the body part, because the two halves come as a pair. People speak of the buttocks far more often than of a single buttock, which is kept for one side alone, as in anatomical description. The singular also has a shipbuilder's meaning, the rounded swell of a hull behind and under the stern, which has nothing to do with anatomy.
buttocks is a form of buttock
buttock, noun: Either of the two large fleshy halves of the rear of the body, lying between the base of the back and the tops of the legs. Full entry
- Forms
- buttockbuttocks plural
- Spelling
- buttock → buttocks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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