Thesaurus results for BACKSIDES

backsides

noun

plural of backside

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 backsides The plastic covering the backsides of the front high-back seats is even cheaper-looking and feeling. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026 Thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars invested into their respective football teams by eager boosters, both SMU and Texas Tech have jumped ahead of everyone else in this state for the best view of UT and A&M’s backsides. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026 Makar’s very presence seemed to give the visitors a kick up their collective backsides. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 May 2026 No, there would be no pulling another rabbit out of a hat, no pulling another win from their backsides, no comeback this time. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026 Their backsides are not enough. — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026 When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it. — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026 The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the area’s wholesome image. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Fort Worth police Officer Buddy Calzada read a letter from Everman Mayor Ray Richardson, who stood in the audience in light blue with tears on his cheeks.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Lauren Jones, a photographer from Savannah, Georgia, told Glamour that after acne-like rashes appeared on her cheeks, her esthetician instructed her to wash only with cold water and her hands for four weeks.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bums

Noun

Fewer Americans than ever think that their representative in Congress deserves to be reelected ahead of a midterm election, according to new Gallup polling, a warning sign for incumbents from both parties battling for their seats next week.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Pratt, a 22-year-old who debuted in June, drove a slider into the left-field seats against Seymour to become the first rookie to hit a World Series extra-inning homer.

— Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of seats

Noun

These predators chase down insects, catch them with their front pinchers, then immobilize the prey with venom from their tails.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2026
But there is also no mistaking the distinct black-and-white fur and bushy tails of skunks.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tails

Noun

Yellow-rumps, as birders call them, have been seen migrating through northern Illinois even in April and late March.

— Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

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