Thesaurus results for KEISTER

keister

noun

ˈkē-stər

variants also keester

Definition of keister

slang

as in bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits he fell right on his keister in front of the whole crowd

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Recent Examples of keister So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around? — Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026 Rose is also perilously up her own keister. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 Then there is little Point San Pablo Beach, with something rare in the Bay Area – water that doesn’t freeze your keister – with decent swimming at high tide. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 But once O’Connor put Harley on his keister, Game 3 was never the same. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025 This mindset predictably glosses over the fact not all people can get off their keister and run errands like that. — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

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Noun

For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
And for any bum stuff Ted might want confidentially looked at.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
When choosing a shade, think about the natural flush of your cheeks and match that.

— Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

Cat Uden, one of the candidates running for the District 1 commission seat, agrees that more public outreach needs to happen to educate residents about a plan that could forever alter the beach.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
By 1950, the city had erected a colossal arena (significantly over budget, forcing the city to dip into its special projects fund) with 12,500 east-facing seats, the Press-Telegram reported.

— Kate Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Then, in 2023, as NASA brought the worm out of retirement, the logo regained its place on the tail, and the insignia (meatball) was moved to the body under the cockpits.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026
This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

To find the standouts, one Glamour editor tested 15 pairs with everything from jeans to formalwear, evaluating comfort, how well each one disappeared under clothes—and most importantly how lifted, rounded, and shapely the butt looked.

— Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026
The vaping industry says the technology saves lives and the cartridges are not nearly as bad a blight as cigarette butts.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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