noun. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on he deserves a good kick in the butt|are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? Synonym: arse, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, keister, hindquarters, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end |
adv. in or to or toward the rear he followed behind|seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front|the final runners were far behind |
adv. remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from when he died he left much unfinished work behind|left a large family behind|the children left their books behind|he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind |
adv. of timepieces the clock is almost an hour slow|my watch is running behind |
adv. in or into an inferior position fell behind in his studies|their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers |
adv. in debt he fell behind with his mortgage payments|a month behind in the rent|a company that has been run behindhand for years|in arrears with their utility bills |
adj. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest behind by two points|the 8th inning found the home team trailing |
