anus

noun — 3 senses

anus

noun

/ˈeɪ.nəs/

Etymology Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid.

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

2

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The anus and rectum, considered as a whole.

Informal outside of sexual contexts

3

Derogatory, Informal An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.

Synonyms
79 termsa-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass, back alley, back door, back passage, balloon knot, batty, batty hole, bootyhole, bottom, brown eye, browneye, bumhole, bum, bung-hole, bunghole, bungus, butthole, buttonhole, chocolate channel, chocolate starfish, chuff, cinnamon ring, clacka, clacker, cornhole, craphole, cumhole, dinger, ding, dock, dookie hole, dung funnel, exit hole, fartbox, farthole, fourth point of contact, freckle, fuckhole, fudge tunnel, fundament, Gary Glitter, gump stump, Hershey highway, jacksie, jacksy, keister, leather cheerio, love hole, other end, poop chute, pooper, poophole, rear exit, rectum, ringpiece, rosebud, rusty sheriff's badge, shithole, shitter, sluthole, smelly freckle, starfish, stinkhole, tewel, tooter, tradesman's entrance, turd cutter, vent, wazoo, where the sun don't shine, windpipe, ying-yang
Derived terms
anilingus, anused, anusless, anuslike, artificial anus, corrugator cutis ani, ignoranus, levator ani, pruritus ani
Related terms
anal, anally, cloaca, arse like a Japanese flag, two in the pink, one in the stink, anal pore, anal sphincter, sphincter, buttocks, feces, gluteal cleft, hindgut
Hyponyms
artificial anus, boy cunt, boy pussy, bung, bussy, man cunt, man pussy, mangina

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