backside
/ˈbækˌsaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
adj
Example Sentences
- "I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face."
- "The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti."
- "Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside."
- "With an arrowe so broad, He shott him into the backe-syde."
- "Our toilet was an outside netty shared between two or three families, where you sat on a hole and hoped the cat wouldn't jump at your backside."
- "...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse..."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
backside throw
get off one's backside
have a sixpenny bit up 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