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hindquarter

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈhaɪndˌk(w)ɔɹtɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 N D K W AO2 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AY1 N D K AO2 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Human behind, butt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the back half of a side of meat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut, cut of meat

History

Etymology

From hind + quarter.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бут (but) — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Dutch: achtereinde — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Dutch: achterhand — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Finnish: takaneljännes — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Hungarian: farhát — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Irish: ceathrú deiridh — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Swedish: bakfjärding — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Swedish: bakbog — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Tagalog: pamahuli — rear half of a side of an animal
  • Arabic: تَالِيَة (tāliya) — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Armenian: բուդ (bud) — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Dutch: achtereinde — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Dutch: achterhand — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Finnish: takajalka — hind leg of a quadruped
  • German: Hinterhand — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Irish: ceathrú deiridh — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Tagalog: pamahuli — hind leg of a quadruped
  • Dutch: achtereinde — human behind
  • Dutch: achterwerk — human behind
  • Dutch: achterste — human behind
  • Finnish: ahteri — human behind
  • German: Hinterteil — human behind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: akterende — human behind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: akterspeil — human behind