Thesaurus results for FANNY

fanny

noun

ˈfa-nē

Definition of fanny

as in bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits be careful on that icy walk, unless you want to fall on your fanny

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Recent Examples of fanny UConn adjusted its ticket policy, allowing students to transfer tickets to try to get a screaming head connected to a fanny in every seat allotted by a ticket. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026 As if a primetime showdown between two of the biggest draws on the dial weren’t already a sufficient goad to get fannies on living room sofas, NBC’s NFL game features Micah Parsons in his first run-in with the team that traded him exactly one month ago. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the team’s new executive vice president, count on all of those things to put fannies in the seats and lines at the concession stands. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 The adjustable strap easily switches between fanny-pack and shoulder bag styles. — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fanny

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanny

Noun

Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.

— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Not that Bieber needs much assistance, with dewy skin and softly flushed cheeks becoming central to the Rhode universe.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

Democrats’ hopes rise in Texas Democrats are feeling newly optimistic about Texas, even in deep-red seats.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
However, in this case, the two Democratic seats in the minority are currently vacant, and one Republican seat is about to be vacated.

— Tzachi Zach, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

In the most extreme, low-probability scenarios, at the very tip of the long tail, the calculated death toll was huge, in the tens of millions.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Working hard to be horrible and beautiful at once, Vahl’s debut is a stark, memorable vision of right-wing terror ultimately eating its own tail.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.

— Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026