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

Tighten your core and your glutes, keeping your pelvis neutral. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 May 2025

Butler’s troubles, Kerr said, were not related to his deep glute contusion sustained in Game 2. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 May 2025

Pause and squeeze your glutes at the top before lowering slowly back down. —Alyssa Ages, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

These lower-body exercises strengthen your glute muscles and the smaller muscles surrounding the hips that allow your thigh to rotate, as well as your quadriceps, which help support your knees. —Erica Sweeney, SELF, 23 Jan. 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