heinie
/ˈhaɪni/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.96 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hey there, people, I'm Bobby Brown They say I'm the cutest boy in town My car is fast, my teeth is shiny I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie"
- "She had spent enough time kissing heinies to wear her lips right off. And Shelby Symington didn't like kissing heinies. Down in Atlanta, where she was from, people used to line up to kiss hers."
- "2001, Stephen Coonts, America: Jake Grafton, Book 9, 2013, unnumbered page, “I hope you’re right,” Jake said, “because if you aren’t, Jacob Lee Grafton, we’ve been betting our heinies for a lot of years. One more big bet won’t make any difference.”"
- "But Leandro simply could not reconcile himself to the thought of her taking all the risk to save both their heinies."
- "Henry "Heinie" Manush,^([Heinie Manush]) yet another outfield prospect, joined the Tigers in 1923, having impressed management with his outstanding Western League batting average of .375 the previous season. Major league pitching proved no mystery to Heinie either, as he connected for a .334 batting average in 1924, his freshman season."
- "Heinie^([Heinie Zimmerman]) played with the Cubs from 1907 thru 1916, as a third baseman."
Etymology
From a corruption of *hindie, for *behindie (“behind, rear end, hindward parts”), equivalent to hind + -ie. Perhaps influenced in some way by Heinie (“a German”).