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backside

noun
/ˈbækˌsaɪd/

Etymology

From back + side.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as backside — “back + side”

Definitions

  1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly

    • I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.

  2. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front

    • The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.

  3. The reverse or opposite of anything.

    • ...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse...
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

    2. Approaching an obstacle backward.

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Derived

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, think the sun shines out of someone's backside

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backside. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA