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BUTT
butt, butt end
(noun) thick end of the handle
butt, stub
(noun) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
butt
(noun) a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag
(noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
target, butt
(noun) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(noun) 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?”
butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks
butt
(noun) the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
butt, bunt
(verb) to strike, thrust or shove against; “He butted his sister out of the way”; “The goat butted the hiker with his horns”
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; “Canada adjoins the U.S.”; “England marches with Scotland”
butt
(verb) place end to end without overlapping; “The frames must be butted at the joints”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Butt (plural n)
A surname.
Etymology 1
Noun
butt (plural butts)
(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
(North America, slang) The buttocks (used as a euphemism in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
(slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
(slang) Body; self.
(leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
(countable) The waste end of anything
(slang) A used cigarette.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
(obsolete, West of England) Hassock.
(countable, generally) 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.
(lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
(mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
Synonym: butt joint
(carpentry) 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.
(shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
(countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
A mark to be shot at; a target.
(usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
Synonym: laughing stock
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
Usage notes
• "butt" for "buttocks" is considered less vulgar than "arse/ass", but still not as polite as saying bottom or rear end.
Verb
butt (third-person singular simple present butts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
Etymology 2
Verb
butt (third-person singular simple present butts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)
(transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
(intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
Noun
butt (plural butts)
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
A thrust in fencing.
Etymology 3
Noun
butt (plural butts)
(English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
Etymology 4
Noun
butt (plural butts)
(Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
Etymology 5
Noun
butt (plural butts)
(dated, West Country, &, Ireland) A heavy two-wheeled cart.
(dated, West Country, &, Ireland) A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
Source: Wiktionary
Butt, But, n. Etym: [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. bozan, akin to E. beat. See Beat, v. t.]
1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. Shak.
Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.
2. The thicker end of anything. See But.
3. A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.
4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.
5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. Prior.
7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. Burrill.
8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scrafing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
9. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
10. (Carp.)
Definition: A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
11. (Leather Trade)
Definition: The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. Butt chain (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug.
– Butt end. The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d But. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. Shak. A butt's length, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark.
– Butts and bounds (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill.
– Bead and butt. See under Bead.
– Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks.
– Butt weld (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See Weld.
– Full butt, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] "The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant." Marryat.
Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] Etym: [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.]
1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but.] And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. Drayton.
2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. Dryden.
Butt, v. t.
Definition: To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.
Butt, n. Etym: [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. Bottle a hollow vessel.]
Definition: A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
Note: A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about 110 imperial gallons).
Butt, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The common English flounder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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