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.
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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
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
Noun
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His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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One layer gives me all-over, medium-to-full coverage, a few additional dots to my cheeks and chin cover up the annoying splotchiness that's showed up on my skin recently.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As older leaders retire, the days of bums on seats five days a week are likely to fade with them.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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And when the game was over, both coaches were eager to remark about the atmosphere and unused seats, Georgetown’s Ed Cooley was curious and UConn’s Dan Hurley exasperated that the crowd wasn’t more raucous on this Valentine’s Night.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Whitney Westerfield boarded his Southwest flight from Tampa to Nashville on Thursday and went to his seat in Row 8.—
Hannah Sampson,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The insects feed on organic matter and use a tail-like bodies to jump, appearing as dark, pepper-like specs in the snow.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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In an era where artistic metrics are splintered between box office, streaming and the long tail of cultural chatter, Merino still believes in the old ritual.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Heinie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heinie. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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