See Also: buttock(medicine)
buttock(dictionary)
buttock(dictionary)

buttock (iou)



buttock noun & verb.
[Old English buttuc: see BUTT noun5, -OCK.]
A. noun.
= BUTT noun5 Only in OE.
Either of the two fleshy protuberances on the lower rear part of the human body; a corresponding part of an animal. Usu. in pl. ME.
T. Hardy Sheep..stood with their buttocks to the winds. M. Bradbury Plastic chairs, their seats moulded to the shape of some average universal buttock.
Nautical. The breadth of a ship where the hull rounds down to the stern. E17.
Wrestling. A throw using the buttocks or hip. L17.
Mining. A break in the line of a coalface, from which coal is being broken out. L19.
b. verb trans.
Overtake (a horse) in a race. Only in E17.
Wrestling. Throw by a manoeuvre using the buttocks or hip. L19.
buttocked adjective having buttocks (of a specified kind) LME.