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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals" [syn: female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural fannies) Etymology: perhaps from Fanny, nickname of Frances Date: circa 1840 1. slang British vulva 2. buttocks

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 Brit. coarse sl. the female genitals. 2 US sl. the buttocks. Usage: Usually considered a taboo word in Brit. use. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fannies) 1. Someone's fanny is their bottom. (AM INFORMAL, RUDE) N-COUNT: usu poss N 2. A woman's fanny is her genitals. (BRIT INFORMAL, VERY RUDE) N-COUNT: usu poss N

Moby Thesaurus

arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, can, cheeks, derriere, heinie, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rusty-dusty, seat, stern, tail, tuchis, tush, tushy