butt

Definition of Butt in English :

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Noun

1. butt, butt end

thick end of the handle

butt end

2. butt

the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

3. butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge

a victim of ridicule or pranks

4. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Example Sentences:
'he deserves a good kick in the butt'
'are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?'

5. butt, target

sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

target

6. butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

7. butt, butt joint

a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

butt joint

8. butt

a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

9. butt, stub

the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

stub

Verb

10. abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Example Sentences:
'Canada adjoins the U.S.'
'England marches with Scotland'

11. bunt, butt

to strike, thrust or shove against

Example Sentences:
'He butted his sister out of the way'
'The goat butted the hiker with his horns'

bunt

12. butt

place end to end without overlapping

Example Sentences:
'The frames must be butted at the joints'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Butt

see synonyms of butt

noun

the thicker or blunt end of something, such as the end of the stock of a rifle

the unused end of something, esp of a cigarette; stub

3. tanning

the portion of a hide covering the lower backside of the animal

4. US and Canadian informal

the buttocks

5. US a slang word for cigarette

6. building short for butt joint, butt hinge

noun

a person or thing that is the target of ridicule, wit, etc

2. shooting, archery

a mound of earth behind the target on a target range that stops bullets or wide shots

the target itself

c. (plural)

the target range

a low barrier, usually of sods or peat, behind which sportsmen shoot game birds, esp grouse

4. archaic

a goal; aim

verb

5. (usually foll by on or against)

to lie or be placed end on to; abut

to butt a beam against a wall

verb

to strike or push (something) with the head or horns

2. (intransitive)

to project; jut

3. (intr; foll by in or into)

to intrude, esp into a conversation; interfere; meddle

4. butt out

noun

a blow with the head or horns

noun

a large cask, esp one with a capacity of two hogsheads, for storing wine or beer

a US unit of liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons

noun

Dame Clara. 1872–1936, English contralto

Butt

see synonyms of butt

noun

the thick end of anything, as of a whip handle, rifle stock, etc.

the remaining end of anything; stub; stump; specif., the stub of a smoked cigarette or cigar

a mound of earth, bales of straw, etc. behind a target, for receiving fired rounds or shot arrows

a target

c. [pl.]

a target range

a hole in the ground used as a blind by hunters of fowl

an object of ridicule or criticism

6. Slang

a cigarette

7. Informal

the buttocks

8. Obsolete

a limit

a goal

9. Tanning

the part of a hide or pelt that covered the animal's backside

verb transitive, verb intransitive

10.

to join end to end

verb transitive

to strike or push with the head or horns; ram with the head

to strike or bump against

to abut on

to make abut

(on, upon, or against)

verb intransitive

to make a butting motion

to move or drive headfirst

to stick out; project

to abut

noun

a thrust with the head or horns

10.

a thrust in fencing

noun

a large barrel or cask, as for wine or beer

a measure of liquid capacity equal to 126 gal or two hogsheads (108 imperial gal)

noun

any of various flatfishes, as the halibut or turbot

Butt

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v. butt·ed, butt·ing, butts

v.tr.

To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.

v.intr.

1. To hit or push something with the head or horns.

2. To project forward or out.

A push or blow with the head or horns.

tr. & intr.v. butt·ed, butt·ing, butts

To join or be joined end to end; abut.

1. A butt joint.

2. A butt hinge.

1. One that serves as an object of ridicule or contempt: I was the butt of their jokes.

a. A target, as in archery or riflery.

b. butts A target range.

c. An obstacle behind a target for stopping the shot.

3. An embankment or hollow used as a blind by hunters of wildfowl.

a. Archaic A goal.

b. Obsolete A bound; a limit.

1. The larger or thicker end of an object: the butt of a rifle.

a. An unburned end, as of a cigarette.

b. Informal A cigarette.

3. A short or broken remnant; a stub.

4. Informal The buttocks; the rear end.

adv.

Slang Very. Used as an intensive: butt ugly; butt expensive.

1. A large cask.

2. A unit of volume equal to two hogsheads, usually the equivalent of 126 US gallons (about 477 liters).

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