different between buttock vs badunkadunk

English

Etymology

From Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt +? -ock (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?k/, /?b?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t?k/, [?b???k]

Noun

buttock (plural buttocks)

1. (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.

   Synonyms: (crude) asscheek, cheek; see also Thesaurus:buttocks

2. (nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
   • 1925, Adventure, Volume 54

     There came a blast of freezing wind that made Skell shrug himself against the oaken post on which the ship's buttock rested.

Usage notes

The plural form is usually used in the singular sense for a single person's posterior, often called butt.It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.

Derived terms

• quakebuttock

Translations

See also

• callipygian/callipygous
• dasypygal

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “buttock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• badonkadonk

Noun

badunkadunk (plural badunkadunks)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Voluptuous buttocks, especially of a woman.

References

• American Chronicle, Ripped from the Orlando Headlines: "There is Somebody Who is Taping Women's Rear Ends", by Deanne Schulz, February 29, 2008, access date 29-03-08. "There is, however, one unfortunate person on the UCF campus with the last name BUTTS, and there are plenty of stories about UCF teams getting their ASSES kicked and being at the BOTTOM of some rankings. Booty, hiney, badunkadunk, posterior, arse, bootay, buns, junk in the trunk...nothing!"