noun. The hip, buttock, and upper thigh in humans and certain other animals.

noun. The loin and leg of a four-footed animal, especially as used for food.

noun. Either of the sides of an arch, curving down from the apex to an impost.

To throw, as a stone, from the hand by jerking it against the haunch.

noun. The fleshy part of the body, in men and quadrupeds, above the thigh, pertaining to each hipjoint and wing of the pelvis; the hip: as, a haunch of venison; the haunches of a horse.

noun. The coxa or basal joint of the legs in insects and spiders.

noun. The rear; the hind part.

noun. The jamb or upright post of a door. See jamb.

noun. In architecture, the middle part between the vertex or crown and the springing of an arch — sometimes used to include the spandrel or part of it; the flank. Also haunching.

noun. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.

noun. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together.

noun. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

noun. the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.

noun. The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that is able to sit on its hindquarters.

noun. The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.

noun. A squat vertical support structure.

noun. the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings

noun. the loin and leg of a quadruped

"Considering she called me “Hyatt” when she phoned with the appointment time, my haunch is my name got messed up on the file, which subsequently was misfiled – another insignificant medical error."

body part  croup  croupe  hindquarters  rump  

backside  belly  buttock  calve  carcass  

bank  beam  border  broadside  cheek