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also keester
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
Rose is also perilously up her own keister.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Well, how much what about like, how much time, like freezing your keister off, because some of your races take place in brutal temps.
—Outside Online, 7 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
Speaking of siblings, throughout this episode Matty dodges calls from her sister Bitsy, and then in the final scene, while stoned off her keister, Matty comes home to find one of Bitsy’s better-than-you-might-expect sugar-free peach pies sitting on the counter.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Feb. 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
With fearless, ferocious leads Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley willing to let the camera chop them into chunks of flesh — lips, calves, hair, wrinkles and, yes, keisters — for a film that prioritizes shocks over plot, get ready for a whole lot of their blood and guts too.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Well, how much what about like, how much time, like freezing your keister off, because some of your races take place in brutal temps.
—Outside Online, 7 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
Speaking of siblings, throughout this episode Matty dodges calls from her sister Bitsy, and then in the final scene, while stoned off her keister, Matty comes home to find one of Bitsy’s better-than-you-might-expect sugar-free peach pies sitting on the counter.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Feb. 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
With fearless, ferocious leads Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley willing to let the camera chop them into chunks of flesh — lips, calves, hair, wrinkles and, yes, keisters — for a film that prioritizes shocks over plot, get ready for a whole lot of their blood and guts too.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keister
Noun
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Aspen, Colorado In 1989, when a five-star, ski-in, ski-out hotel called the Little Nell opened on the site of a ski-bum bar, Aspen left its counterculture hippie days in the dust and transitioned to an A-list playground.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Robbie’s character, Cathy, appears with soft, balmy lips and noticeably flushed cheeks.—
Jesa Marie Calaor,
Allure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Beckham likes to apply the tint across her nose and the top of her cheeks to channel a fresh-off-the-beach flush.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Before sunrise, dozens of people were in line outside the court building to secure a seat in the courtroom.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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One of the city’s star attractions is the huge 25,000-seat Great Theater, used for theatrical performances, public assemblies, religious ceremonies and, in the Roman era, gladiatorial battles.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Langmuir showed that the molecules oriented themselves in a consistent way, looking like little tadpoles with the hydrophilic head, the end that likes water, toward the water, and the hydrophobic tail, the end that dislikes water, sticking up into the air.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And in mainstream entertainment, aspects of Chinese culture or identity were often turned into the butt of the joke.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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The maintenance is a pain in the butt.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Keister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keister. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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