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haunches

NOUN

buttocks

Synonyms

STRONG

backside behind bottom bum butt derriere fanny fundament hindquarters posterior rear rump seat

WEAK

back end gluteus maximus

NOUN

rump

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backside

STRONG

back behind breech bum butt buttocks can croup duff fanny hindquarters keister prat rear sacrum seat tail tush

WEAK

butt end derriere hind end rear end tail end

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Kneeling beside her, Dr. Kristen Miller swiftly tapped hair-thin needles into the dog’s back and haunches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

On their haunches, they scratched and loved up Syd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

When United attacked, Guardiola regularly dropped to his haunches.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Several times he tried to find a grip and at last sat back on his haunches, at a loss.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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