Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The buttocks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun slang The buttocks; -- a word used with children.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun slang The buttocks.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of hinder.]

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From a corruption of *hindie, for *behindie ("behind, rear end, hindward parts"), equivalent to hind +‎ -ie.

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Examples

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Now, considering I just giggled as I typed the word heinie (and then again when I went to dictionary. com to check its spelling), I recognize that my taste isn't exactly infallible.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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