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hindquarters

hind·quar·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahynd-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-]
    • /ˈhaɪndˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ-/
    • /ˌhaɪndˈkwɔː.təz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahynd-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-]
    • /ˈhaɪndˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ-/

Definitions of hindquarters word

  • noun hindquarters the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs. 1
  • noun hindquarters hindquarters, the rear part of an animal. 1
  • noun hindquarters The hind legs and adjoining parts of a quadruped. 1
  • noun plural hindquarters The hindquarters of a four-legged animal are its back part, including its two back legs. 0
  • noun plural hindquarters the rear, esp of a four-legged animal 0
  • noun hindquarters plural of hindquarter. 0
See all 6 definitions of hindquarters

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Origin of hindquarters

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; hind1 + quarter

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Parts of speech for Hindquarters

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hindquarters

hindquarters popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for hindquarters

noun hindquarters

  • tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
  • rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
  • reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).

adj hindquarters

  • hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.

adjective hindquarters

  • extremity — The furthest point or limit of something.
All 50 Synonyms of hindquarters

Antonyms for hindquarters

noun hindquarters

  • front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
  • beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
All 2 Antonyms of hindquarters

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Related words

  • dingleberry

    Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.

  • rump

    the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.

  • two-track

    an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
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