behind

behind

informal The buttocks. He got a kick in the behind for his smart-aleck response. Wow, she's got a really cute behind. She slapped me right on my behind.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

behind

n. the posterior; the buttocks. (This euphemism is losing out to plain old ass and butt on TV and elsewhere.) She needs some jeans that will flatter her behind.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • ahead of/behind the curve
  • ahead of/behind time
  • at/behind the wheel
  • be behind
  • be behind the eight ball
  • be behind the times
  • be put behind bars
  • be the brains behind (something)
  • be the power behind the throne
  • behind
  • behind (one's) back
  • behind (one's) time
  • behind back
  • behind bars
  • behind closed doors
  • behind every great man is a great woman
  • behind every great man, there's a great woman
  • behind in
  • behind in (something)
  • behind its time
  • behind schedule
  • behind somebody's back
  • behind someone's back
  • behind the bit
  • behind the curve
  • behind the eight ball
  • behind the scenes
  • behind the times
  • behind the wheel
  • behind time
  • behind you!
  • behind-the-counter
  • come from behind
  • come up from behind
  • could (do something) with one arm tied behind (one's) back
  • could (do something) with one hand tied behind (one's) back
  • die behind the wheel
  • do something behind someone's back
  • do something with one hand behind your back
  • driving force behind (something)
  • drop behind
  • dry behind the ears
  • fall behind
  • fall behind in (something)
  • fall behind on (something)
  • fall behind with (something)
  • get behind
  • get behind (someone or something)
  • get behind in (something)
  • get behind on (something)
  • get behind someone/something
  • get behind something
  • get behind with (something)
  • get thee behind me
  • go behind (one's) back
  • go behind back
  • go behind someone's back
  • hang behind
  • hardly dry behind the ears
  • hide behind
  • hide behind (someone or something)
  • if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
  • keep behind
  • kick in the behind
  • kick in the pants, a
  • lag behind
  • lag behind in
  • lag behind in (something)
  • lay behind (someone or something)
  • leave behind
  • lie behind
  • lie behind (someone or something)
  • line up behind
  • not dry behind the ears
  • place behind
  • place behind (someone or something)
  • power behind the throne
  • power behind the throne, the
  • put (one) behind bars
  • put (one's) weight behind (someone or something)
  • put (something) behind (someone or something)
  • put behind
  • put behind one
  • put something behind you
  • put/throw your weight behind something
  • remain behind
  • run behind
  • say (something) behind (one's) back
  • say something behind someone's back
  • serve as the driving force (behind someone or something)
  • slouch behind
  • slouch behind (someone or something)
  • slump behind (someone or something)
  • stand back of
  • stand behind (someone or something)
  • stay behind
  • stop behind
  • stop behind (someone or something)
  • tag along behind (someone)
  • take (one) behind the woodshed
  • the brains behind (something)
  • the brains behind something
  • the power behind the throne
  • throw (one's) weight behind (someone or something)
  • throw your weight behind someone
  • throw your weight behind something
  • trail behind
  • wet behind the ears
  • wet behind the ears, (still)
  • with an arm tied behind (one's) back
  • with both hands tied behind (one's) back
  • with one arm tied behind (one's) back
  • with one arm tied behind one's back
  • with one hand behind your back
  • with one hand tied behind (one's) back
  • with one hand tied behind back
  • with one hand tied behind your back
  • you can't dance at two weddings (with one behind)
References in classic literature
Close at his heels came sixteen squires, all chosen from the highest families, and behind them rode twelve hundred English knights, with gleam of steel and tossing of plumes, their harness jingling, their long straight swords clanking against their stirrup-irons, and the beat of their chargers' hoofs like the low deep roar of the sea upon the shore.
The White Company
Suddenly the door behind him closed, and at the same time hands clutched him from every direction out of the darkness.
And then they bound him--his hands behind his back and his feet trussed up to meet them.
The Return of Tarzan
Even the rifle and the score of rounds of ammunition were left behind.
Daylight was two days behind his schedule, and falling snow and unpacked trail kept him two days behind all the way to Forty Mile.
Burning Daylight
And there the two lay, alternately firing at and cursing each other, while from behind the Arab, Tarzan of the Apes approached to the edge of the forest.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
With the girl safe behind the tree, I stepped out in sight of the advancing foe, shouting to them that I was no enemy, and that they should halt and listen to me.
The Lost Continent
The howling and snapping and barking of the new element which had been infused into the melee now seemed centered quite close behind me, and as I raised myself upon my hands and glanced around I saw what it was that had distracted the DYRYTH, as I afterward learned the thing is called, from my trail.
At the Earths Core
And now in these black pits of the other Warhoons I looked into those same fiery eyes, blazing at me through the terrible darkness, revealing no sign of the beast behind them.
The Gods of Mars
It was a glorious battle, but the end seemed inevitable, when presently from down the corridor behind the red men came a great body of reenforcing yellow warriors.
Warlord of Mars
It was flying straight towards him; the guttural cry, like the even tearing of some strong stuff, sounded close to his ear; the long beak and neck of the bird could be seen, and at the very instant when Levin was taking aim, behind the bush where Oblonsky stood, there was a flash of red lightning: the bird dropped like an arrow, and darted upwards again.
Anna Karenina
But of recent years my understanding of human nature has become such that I realize that no normal healthy human would tolerate such performances did he or she know the terrible cruelty that lies behind them and makes them possible.
Michael Brother of Jerry
They were just beginning to descend; and it was evident that the horse, whether of her own will or of his (the latter being the more likely), knew so well the reckless performance expected of her that she hardly required a hint from behind.
Tess of the dUrbervilles A Pure Woman
Behind him stood the aide-de-camp, the doctors, and the menservants; the men and women had separated as in church.
War and Peace
Presently the moon rose up behind some of those sky-piercing fingers or pinnacles of bare rock of which I have spoken--they were a little to the left of the crest of Mont Blanc, and right over our heads--but she couldn't manage to climb high enough toward heaven to get entirely above them.
Tramp Abroad