English Explanatory Dictionary

backside

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly
The back side of anything, the part opposite its front
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
A person's buttocks.
The back side of a page: a verso.
The reverse or opposite of anything.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

adj

Approaching an obstacle backward.

Pronunciation

/ˈbækˌsaɪd/ En-us-backside.ogg

Word forms

backside backsides back-side back side

Etymology

From back + side.

Synonyms

backhouse rear verso

Antonyms

frontside

Derived words

backside throw get off one's backside have a sixpenny bit up one's backside kick up the backside my backside pain in the backside sit on one's backside think the sun shines out of someone's backside

Translations

Armenian: հետեւ Assamese: পিছফাল Bulgarian: гръб Bulgarian: задна страна Chinese Mandarin: 後方 /后方 Chinese Mandarin: 背面 Danish: bagside Esperanto: dorsoflanko Finnish: takapuoli German: Hinterteil Hindi: पिछवाड़ा Icelandic: bakhlið Icelandic: bak Italian: lato posteriore Japanese: 裏面 Māori: angamate Marathi: मागील बाजू Marathi: पृष्ठभाग Marathi: पार्श्वभाग Marathi: मागची बाजू Portuguese: traseira Romanian: partea posterioară Romanian: partea dorsală Spanish: lado posterior Swedish: baksida Tarifit: aɛrur

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