Meaning & use

keister

noun·Everyday

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an informal American term for a person's buttocks.

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He slipped on the ice and landed right on his keister.

Get off your keister and help me carry these boxes.

A note on using this word

Keister is informal and mildly humorous rather than crude, commonly used in casual American speech.

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