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?

[ Syn: buttocks , nates , arse , butt , backside , bum , buns , can , fundament , hindquarters , hind end , keister , posterior , prat , rear , rear end , rump , stern , seat , tail , tail end , tooshie , tush , bottom , derriere , fanny , ass ]

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'

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'

of timepieces; the clock is almost an hour slow; my watch is running behind

[ Syn: slow , slow , slow , slow , slow , slow , slow , slow ]

in or into an inferior position; fell behind in his studies; their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers'

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

[ Syn: behindhand , behindhand , in arrears , in arrears , behindhand , behindhand , in arrears , in arrears , behindhand , behindhand , in arrears , in arrears , behindhand , behindhand , in arrears , in arrears ]

having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; behind by two points; the 8th inning found the home team trailing'