Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.
- noun the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
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- noun Plural form of
hindquarter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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Examples
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There were sores all over his body, but his hindquarters were the worst.
Favourite Dog Stories Herriot, James 1995
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The mare I saw was three hands shorter than this stud of yours, bred to carry a small horse-archer, not anyone in heavy plate; she was short-backed, deep-chested, and her hindquarters were a little higher than her forequarters.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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The mare I saw was three hands shorter than this stud of yours, bred to carry a small horse-archer, not anyone in heavy plate; she was short-backed, deep-chested, and her hindquarters were a little higher than her forequarters.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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It hits my hindquarters with the flat edge and I run forward past the dark man to the end of the grass.
Mad Dog Christian Tomsey 2011
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I reached out to touch Secretariat's on his hindquarters, and just as I did, he wheeled his head around as if to bite me.
Jim Calio: Secretariat's hair Jim Calio 2010
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Mars, slow-moving below Leo's hindquarters, doubles in brightness from mag 0.2 to -0.6 as its distance plummets from 156 million to 119 million km and its diameter swells to 12 arcsec.
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And, as the captain blasted "We Are Family" from the speakers in his hindquarters while all of Union Square looked on and felt sorry for us, I smiled and waved like I was on the Popemobile.
Julie Gerstenblatt: I Quack for Groupon Julie Gerstenblatt 2011
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It does look like its hindquarters may be missing a bit, maybe had its gut opened up.
Field & Stream 2009
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And, as the captain blasted "We Are Family" from the speakers in his hindquarters while all of Union Square looked on and felt sorry for us, I smiled and waved like I was on the Popemobile.
Julie Gerstenblatt: I Quack for Groupon Julie Gerstenblatt 2011
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He sat on his hindquarters less than a foot from Tara, looking up his long, pale nose at her.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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October 1, 2008