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hindquarter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhaɪndˌk(w)ɔɹtɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From hind + quarter.

Meanings

1. Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
2. (in-plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
   • While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
3. (derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally) Human behind, butt.

Forms

Translations (24)

bg бут (rear half of a side of an animal) · nl achtereinde (hind leg of a quadruped) · hy բուդ (hind leg of a quadruped) · fi ahteri (human behind) · fi takaneljännes (rear half of a side of an animal) · ga ceathrú deiridh (hind leg of a quadruped) · nb akterende (human behind) · nl achterhand (hind leg of a quadruped) · nl achterste (human behind) · fi takajalka (hind leg of a quadruped) · de Hinterteil (human behind) · ar تَالِيَة (hind leg of a quadruped) · de Hinterhand (hind leg of a quadruped) · tl pamahuli (rear half of a side of an animal) · nl achterhand (rear half of a side of an animal) · ga ceathrú deiridh (rear half of a side of an animal) · nl achterwerk (human behind) · tl pamahuli (hind leg of a quadruped) · nl achtereinde (human behind) · nl achtereinde (rear half of a side of an animal) · nb akterspeil (human behind) · hu farhát (rear half of a side of an animal) · sv bakfjärding (rear half of a side of an animal) · sv bakbog (rear half of a side of an animal)