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heinie

noun

ˈhī-nē How to pronounce heinie (audio)
Definition of heinienext
slang
as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits a skirt so tight that her heinie was clearly outlined

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Recent Examples of heinie The bees were having a field day, buzzing their lil’ heinies off. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2023 If any of the aforementioned options sound like too much of a pain in the heinie, hair removal creams might seem like the most convenient one. — Christine Giordano, womenshealthmag.com, 26 May 2023 Things that contact your heinie but not your hands, like a bus seat. — Katherine J. Wu, Popular Science, 16 Mar. 2020 The Reds spent eight innings in a hitting coma, striking out 12 times and generally hitting like a bunch of heinies. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heinie
  1. cheeks
  2. bum
  3. seat
  4. tail
  5. rump
Noun
  • After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Pictures of Isaiah Harrison from 2024 show a bubbly, heavyset boy with a toothy smile and full cheeks.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • 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
  • Even then, and with Nix having a bum ankle to Mahomes’ bum knee, the Broncos have shown a lot more in the last year to inspire confidence than the Chiefs have.
    — J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot.
    — Ben Binday, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Clad in a signature pink jumpsuit and armed with a matching bullhorn, Nixon loudly disrupted a hearing to pass a new map expected to help the GOP expand its dominance in the state by unravelling Florida’s historically Black congressional seats.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • By the time the first cells that are committed to develop into neurons show up, the vertebrate embryo already knows its head from its tail, and its back from its belly.
    — JOHN TIMMER, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In the late nineties, nearly all our revenue was from software license sales and maintenance—large payments up front and a predictable renewal tail.
    — Amir Wain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.
    — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of rump

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“Heinie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heinie. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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