glute

noun

ˈglüt 

plural glutes

informal

: a large muscle of the buttocks : gluteus

—usually plural

To counteract the imbalances created by cycling, plus improve your posture, flexibility and overall performance, [Jeb] Stewart recommends concentrating on the deep abdominal muscles … as well as the hips, glutes and shoulder girdle.

—Selene Yeager

Run, run, run at high altitudes (to improve oxygen use) and over hills (great for glutes).

—Sharon Herbstman

Examples of glute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This pose targets your glutes, hamstrings, inner thighs, and obliques. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 Feb. 2025

Backflips use stronger muscle groups like your glutes, hamstrings, and back muscles. —New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025

Engaging your quads and glutes will increase the intensity of the pose. —Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025

In their everyday training—mainly lifting and HIIT workouts—football players work their larger muscles (say, glutes and quads) that prime them for explosion and momentum, Schiller explains. —Danielle Zickl, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for glute

• beaut
• boot
• bruit
• brut
• brute
• chute
• coot
• cute
• flute
• fruit
• hoot
• jute

Medical Definition

glute

noun

ˈglüt 

: gluteus

especially : gluteus maximus

—usually used in plural