butt

Plural: butts

Noun

• thick end of the handle
• the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
• a victim of ridicule or pranks
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
• sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
• finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
• a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
• a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
• the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
• The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
• The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
• The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
• The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
• The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
• The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
• The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
• Body; self.
• The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
• The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
• The waste end of anything.
• A used cigarette.
• The waste end of anything.
• A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
• The waste end of anything.
• Hassock.
• The waste end of anything.
• A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
• An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
• The direction from which the wind blows.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• A mark to be shot at; a target.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
• A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
• A thrust in fencing.
• An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
• A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
• Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
• A heavy two-wheeled cart.
• A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
• The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.

Verb

Verb Forms: butted, butting, butts

• To strike or push with the head or horns.
• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• to strike, thrust or shove against
  • "He butted his sister out of the way"
  • "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
• place end to end without overlapping
  • "The frames must be butted at the joints"
• To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
• To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
• To strike bluntly with the head.
• To cut in line (in front of someone).

Examples

• Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.
• Get up off your butt and get to work.
• Get your butt to the car.
• He decided to BUTT his head against the problem, trying every possible word combination.
• He's usually the butt of their jokes.
• I can see your butt.
• Rams butt at other males during mating season.
• She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.
• Teacher! He just butted me!
• The handcuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.
• We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.

Synonyms

abut, adjoin, arse, ass, backside, behind, border, bottom, bum, buns, bunt, butt against, butt end, butt joint, butt on, buttocks, can, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, derriere, edge, fag, fanny, fundament, goat, hind end, hindquarters, keister, laughingstock, march, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, stooge, stub, tail, tail end, target, tooshie, tush, boot, heel, laughing stock, pipe

Related Words

bottle, butler, butt heads with, butt in, butt out, butt set, butt up, butt worm, buttinsky, callipygian, callipygous, dasypygal, headbutt, water butt

Anagrams of butt