as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long
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Recent Examples of backside
The fob is visible only from the backside of the Truckle.
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Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The mouse’s body is wrapped in a rubber-like exterior, with slight ridges across its backside to provide additional support and comfort for the palm of your hand.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Ely recalls seeing Muir getting deep inside the barrel, going backside on the left-hand wave.
—Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
The fob is visible only from the backside of the Truckle.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The mouse’s body is wrapped in a rubber-like exterior, with slight ridges across its backside to provide additional support and comfort for the palm of your hand.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Ely recalls seeing Muir getting deep inside the barrel, going backside on the left-hand wave.
—Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
The fob is visible only from the backside of the Truckle.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backside
Noun
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Carpenter rocked her hallmark voluminous blonde curls, finishing the beauty moment with rosy pink cheeks and a matching lipstick.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Her cheeks grew sore from smiling.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The plane's inflatable escape slide was deployed, and the nose and tail sections of the plane separated.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The aircraft was left partially submerged with its tail section snapped off, video showed.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is the kind of player that gets people out of their seats.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The director of the Louvre in Paris took the hot seat on Wednesday, answering questions from lawmakers amid mounting criticism over apparent security lapses that enabled thieves to pull off Sunday's brazen daylight heist of more than $100 million in jewels from the museum's ornate Apollo Gallery.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bill got his second deer, and hurt his bum knee while packing out the animal.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The second was hit at 338 paces in the rump.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Two members of the airline crew can then be seen hurrying from the rear of the plane toward the fire.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Modern Buggy keeps it simple with a pair of storage cabinets on the rear of the body, including a space built to house the available electric fridge/freezer or one's own cooler.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Austin ranked last with 166 gallons per day per capita, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranked third from the bottom with less than 200 gallons per day per capita.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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At bottom, that’s the thing that grinds my gears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Backside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backside. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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