Thesaurus results for BEHINDS

behinds

noun

plural of behind

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits cleaned the baby's behind

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Recent Examples of behinds Catalogs, booklets and leave-behinds can carry a brand story longer than a QR code and scroll can. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Two teams of American stars and one of players representing nine other countries competed their behinds off in one of the most thrilling All-Star games ever. — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026 And, as the Broadway League reminds, weekly grosses and attendance numbers reflect tickets sold, not tickets scanned or actual behinds in seats. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026 Any Negative Nancies won't be singing that tune when static cling has their dress suctioned to their behinds during church. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025

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Noun

As their national anthem played before the match, tears streamed down the cheeks of the Argentina players, emphasizing their emotional investment in the occasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
As for beauty, Lopez was glowing to the max with luminous glam, complete with rosy cheeks, shimmery eyeshadow, glossy lips, and long, patterned nails.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 17 July 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026

Definition of bums

Noun

As a result of the one-time three-year terms, the city would sync up with the even-year election cycle for those seats in 2034 and 2036, respectively.

— Tess Riski July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Contrast that with some of the football stadia back home built in the last 15-20 years where, beyond the spelling out of a club’s name on the appropriately coloured seats, there’s precious little hint as to who resides there.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of seats

Noun

With the advent of breed standards and clubs in the early 1900s, an official criteria for a proper Lab, such as otter tails, water resistant coats and wide skulls, became more concrete.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 24 July 2026
The pate uses trim such as collars and tails, which are double smoked, much like classic barbecue burnt ends.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 July 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