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1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the nates";
   - buttocks, butt, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière

Type of: body part

Part of: body, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Nates