keister

noun

ˈkē-stər How to pronounce keister (audio)
variants also keester
Definition of keisternext
slang
as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits he fell right on his keister in front of the whole crowd

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Recent Examples of keister So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around? — Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026 Rose is also perilously up her own keister. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 Then there is little Point San Pablo Beach, with something rare in the Bay Area – water that doesn’t freeze your keister – with decent swimming at high tide. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 But once O’Connor put Harley on his keister, Game 3 was never the same. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025 This mindset predictably glosses over the fact not all people can get off their keister and run errands like that. — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keister
  1. bum
  2. cheeks
  3. seat
  4. tail
  5. rump
  6. butt
Noun
  • Cocktail chatter on the Lido held that this was a more minor work than anticipated, and many of those positive reviews nevertheless included a few bum notes.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • Its star ingredient, tamarind seed extract, keeps cheeks comfortable and hydrated for hours.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Lips and cheeks have been hogging all the attention recently, while lids and lashes have been going nearly naked.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • The school has also opted into athlete revenue sharing, and its home stadium seats 24,000.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Artists picking stadiums look first for seats that can command a lot of money.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • The scans revealed that the vertebrae within the tail were normal and typical of most vipers, Georgalis said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Surprisingly, the scans revealed that the inside of the viper’s tail looked quite normal.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of tail
Noun
  • 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
  • This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.
    — David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
Definition of rump
Noun
  • Without any comparable examples, the thick squid butt remained in storage for nearly three decades.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Docherty invites Jacob to clock him with the butt of his service revolver to help sell Docherty’s lie that Jacob overpowered him and escaped.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of butt

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“Keister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keister. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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