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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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The Tempur-Pedic Seat Cushion offers firm support and conforms to the buttocks and legs.
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Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Ashlee and Clint scoop her up by cradling her buttocks and the back of her head.
—Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Some joked Kate could be recovering from a cosmetic procedure known as a BBL, where fat is transferred from the stomach and thighs to the buttocks.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
There are also trials underway to assess whether the site of injection, currently the buttocks, could also be changed.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
No organs should be touched and no fat should be inserted into or under the muscles in the buttocks.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Two women charged with killing a 26-year-old woman by giving her a fatal dose of silicone to enlarge her buttocks in 2019 had seen the unlicensed procedure turn deadly before, prosecutors argued in court.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Combine that with the seamless construction in the buttocks, and wearing a pair is a chafe-free experience.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
The man was shot in the buttocks on Oceanside Boulevard near South Coast Highway around 6 p.m., said police Lt. Bryan Campagna.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Ashlee and Clint scoop her up by cradling her buttocks and the back of her head.
—Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Some joked Kate could be recovering from a cosmetic procedure known as a BBL, where fat is transferred from the stomach and thighs to the buttocks.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
There are also trials underway to assess whether the site of injection, currently the buttocks, could also be changed.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
No organs should be touched and no fat should be inserted into or under the muscles in the buttocks.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
Two women charged with killing a 26-year-old woman by giving her a fatal dose of silicone to enlarge her buttocks in 2019 had seen the unlicensed procedure turn deadly before, prosecutors argued in court.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Combine that with the seamless construction in the buttocks, and wearing a pair is a chafe-free experience.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
The man was shot in the buttocks on Oceanside Boulevard near South Coast Highway around 6 p.m., said police Lt. Bryan Campagna.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
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buttock
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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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