Definitions for behinds

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behinds be·hind

Spelling: [bih-hahynd]

IPA: /bɪˈhaɪnd/

Behinds is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in behinds (bdehins).

Definitions for behinds

noun

1. Informal. the buttocks.

adverb

1. at or toward the rear; rearward:
2. in a place, state, or stage already passed.
3. in arrears; behindhand:
4. slow, as a watch or clock:
5. as a cause or often latent feature of:
6. in a situation that exists afterward:
7. Archaic. in reserve; to come:

adjective

1. following:

preposition

1. at or toward the rear of:
2. not keeping up with, later than; after:
3. in the state of making less progress than:
4. on the farther side of; beyond:
5. originating, supporting, or promoting:
6. hidden or unrevealed by:
7. at the controls of:

Origin of behinds

before 900; Middle English behinde(n), Old English behindan; for adv. suffix -an cf. before. See be-, hind¹

Examples for behinds

He later accepted a plea deal that put him behind bars for 25 years.

Finally, he takes us behind the scenes into how Obama came out in favor of marriage equality that same year.

He finished second in 2008 behind John McCain, and maintains a reservoir of good will among Republican social conservatives.

It seems to be the vice of those who have a long past behind them.

American spies have detailed dossiers on the North Koreans who the U.S. says were behind the Sony attack.

Charles Merchant, the son of rich John Merchant, was behind the wheel.

Or else, in some barroom, a footfall from behind and a bullet through the back.

Then they heard fresh howls and yells in front as well as behind.

Prosecutors wanted him to spend at least 10 years behind bars.

But nevertheless he could not leave it behind since it was for this he had incurred his present peril.