Meaning
5 senses(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar)The female genitalia.
Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.
external female sex organs
(Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable)The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.
Get off your fanny and get back to work!
(UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar)Sexual intercourse with a woman.
get some fanny tonight
(UK, uncountable, vulgar)Women, regarded as sex objects.
This club is full of fanny.
(UK, slang)Mess kettle or cooking pot.
Examples
5 sentencesThe fanny pack is back in style.
Get off your fanny and do something!
I bought a fanny pack.
Get off your fanny!
The word "fanny" means something different in American and Canadian English than it does in the English of Britain, Australia, and elsewhere.
Origin
19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thom19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.
The British naval slang sense derives from Fanny Adams. Tins of mutton introduced as rations were not liked by the sailors and were taken by them to contain the butchered remains of Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with.
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Forms
plural: fanniesSynonyms
64 synonyms- external female sex organs:female genitaliafemale genitalsfemale genital organ
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on:buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscan
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable