| Noun | 1. | torso - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, butt, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, bum - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen | |