From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Backside \Back"side`\ (b[a^]k"s[imac]d`), n. [Back, a. + side.]
The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Backside (one word) was formerly used of the rear part
or side of any thing or place, but in such senses is
now two words.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backside
n 1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room
was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside},
{back end}] [ant: {forepart}, {front}, {front end}]
2: 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?" [syn: {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}]
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