1. (

• buttocks ,
• nates ,
• arse ,
• butt ,
• backside ,
• bum ,
• buns ,
• can ,
• fundament ,
• hindquarters ,
• hind_end ,
• keister ,
• posterior ,
• prat ,
• rear ,
• rear_end ,
• rump ,
• stern ,
• seat ,
• tail ,
• tail_end ,
• tooshie ,
• tush ,
• bottom ,
• behind ,
• derriere ,
• fanny ,
• ass

) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" ;

1. (

• behind

) having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" ;

1. (

• behind

) in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" ;

2. (

• behind ,

) remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind" ;

3. (

• behind ,
• slow ,

) of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" ;

4. (

• behind ,

) in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" ;

5. (

• behind ,
• behindhand ,
• in_arrears

) in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" ;