hindquarters
Back half, anatomically
The hindquarters are the rear portion of a four-legged animal, including the hips, rump, and back legs: The horse's powerful hindquarters propelled it over the fence.
The term treats these parts as a functional unit—the source of an animal's propulsive strength.
Used humorously of humans, it means the buttocks: Get your hindquarters off my couch.
Rear hip region
- rumpRear body portion
- pelvisBony basin at waist
- croupLaryngeal infection in children
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
tailbone · flank · thighs · loins · gluteals · hamstrings · sacrum · hipbones
Force driving movement forward
- thrustForceful forward motion
- kickFoot-delivered strike
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- leapSudden springing movement
gallop · trot · canter · stride · gait · jumping · bounding · pushing
haunches
Rear hip region
dock · tailbone · flank · thighs · loins · gluteals · hamstrings · sacrum · hipbones · ischium
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
leap · gallop · trot · canter · stride · gait · jumping · bounding · pushing · drive
rump roast
Hindquarter beef cut
- sirloinUpper hindquarter beef cut
- roundCurved like circle
- silversideLean beef joint
top round · haunch · saddle · baron · chump · topside · knuckle · leg of lamb · gigot · ham