1. The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
   "The rider patted the horse's hindquarters after dismounting";
   - croup, croupe, rump
    
2. [informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the hindquarters";
   - buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end [informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom [informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]

1. The back half of a side of meat
   "Cuts from the hindquarter are often more tender and expensive"

Type of: body part, cut, cut of meat

Part of: bird, birdie [informal], body, quadruped, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Hindquarters