keister

== English == === Alternative forms === keester, keyster, kiester === Etymology === Uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the 20th century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod. A likely origin is the word Kiste, which means a box or case, in both German and Yiddish. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ) === Noun === keister (plural keisters) (slang) The anus or buttocks. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anus, Thesaurus:buttocks (slang, dated) A safe, a strongbox. (slang) A suitcase or satchel. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === keister (third-person singular simple present keisters, present participle keistering, simple past and past participle keistered) (slang) To conceal something in one's rectum. Synonym: suitcase === Anagrams === kerites, kiester, strikee