keister

Meaning

Noun

1. (slang) The anus or buttocks.
2. (dated, slang) A safe, a strongbox.
3. (slang) A suitcase or satchel.

Verb

To conceal something in one's rectum.

Synonyms

nates

tush

butt

bum

tooshie

buns

ass

🍑

buttocks

backside

stern

tail end

arse

behind

prat

rear

rear end

rump

tail

derriere

fanny

hind end

hindquarters

can

posterior

seat

💺

fundament

bottom

back

🔙

tokhes

beneath

buttock

caboose

keester

berk

arris

tuchus

hurdies

jacksy

hiney

tuches

toches

Translations

derrière

sedere

🪑

postérieur

cul

trasero

🔙

traseiro

culo

🍑

cul

fesses

rabo

Podex

Vollmond

🌕

Allerwertester

Sitzfleisch

Hintern

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the 20th century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod. A likely origin is the word Kiste, which means a box or case, in both German and Yiddish.