Main entry: keister, seat, rump, rear, rear end, posterior, prat, fanny, fundament, ass, behind, arse, backside, hind end, hindquarters, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, bottom, derriere, tooshie, stern, tail, tail end, tush, nates
Definition: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Usage: he deserves a good kick in the butt; are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Main entry: behind
Definition: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
Usage: behind by two points; the 8th inning found the home team trailing
Main entry: behind
Definition: in or to or toward the rear
Usage: he followed behind; seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front; the final runners were far behind
Main entry: behind
Definition: remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
Usage: 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
Main entry: behind, behindhand, in arrears
Definition: in debt
Usage: 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
Main entry: behind
Definition: in or into an inferior position
Usage: fell behind in his studies; their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers
Definition: of timepieces
Usage: the clock is almost an hour slow; my watch is running behind