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| Main Entry: |
haunch
 [hawnch, hahnch] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper legs |
| Synonyms: | buns, buttocks, hip, leg, loin, posterior, rump, thigh |
| Main Entry: | rump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom, posterior of animal or human |
| Synonyms: | back, backside, beam, behind, breech, bum*, butt, butt end, buttocks, can*, croup, derrière, duff, fanny, haunches, hind end, hindquarters, keister, moon*, prat, rear, rear end, sacrum, seat, tail end, tail, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, hillside, jamb, lee, limit, loin, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing |
| Antonyms: | extremity, inside, middle, torso |
Example Sentences
- The idea is to discourage someone getting tenure and then resting on their haunches.
- Its cavernous interior evokes torch-lit banquet halls where varlets spear haunches of meat with their knives.
- They swayed on their knees, leaned back on their haunches.
| Main Entry: | buttocks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rear |
| Synonyms: | back end, backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, derriere, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, rump, seat |
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