Buttocks Meaning
/ˈbʌ.təks/, /ˈbʌ.təks/, /ˈbʌ.tɔks/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounplural of buttock.
"At leaſt five Hundred of theſe reforming Vultures are daily plundering our Pockets, and ranſacking our Houſes, leaving me ſometimes not one pair of Tractable Buttocks in my Vaulting-School to provide for my Family, or earn me ſo much as a Pudding for my next Sundays Dinner : [...]"— 1707, Thomas Brown, “Moll Quarles's Answer to Mother Creswell of Famous Memory”, in The Second Volume of the Works of Mr. Tho. Brown, containing Letters from the Dead to the Living both Serious and Comical, part three, page 184:
Sentence Examples
The young woman slapped the man who pinched her buttocks.
She has got the prettiest buttocks I've ever seen.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He slipped on the ice and fell hard on his ____, causing a bruise.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He suffered a minor injury to his ____ after falling off the bike.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He slipped on the ice and fell hard on his ____, causing a bruise.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He suffered a minor injury to his ____ after falling off the bike.