- verbbutt (verb) · butts (third person present) · butted (past tense) · butted (past participle) · butting (present participle)
- (of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns:"she butted him in the chest"
- strike (the head) against something:"he butts his head against a wall"
nounbutt (noun) · butts (plural noun)- a push or blow, especially one given with the head:"he would follow up with a butt from his head"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.nounbutt (noun) · butts (plural noun)- the person or thing at which criticism or humor, typically unkind, is directed:"his singing is the butt of dozens of jokes"
- (butts)an archery or shooting target or range.
- a mound on or in front of which a target is set up for archery or shooting.
OriginMiddle English (in the archery sense): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground’.nounbutt (noun) · butts (plural noun) · butt end (noun) · butt ends (plural noun)- the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon:"a rifle butt"
- the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another, as in the side of a ship:"a butt joint"
- the thicker or hinder end of a hide used for leather.
- the stub of a cigar or a cigarette:"the ashtray was crammed with cigarette butts"
- informalthe buttocks or anus:"I was being paid to sit on my butt and watch television"
- the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.
verbbutt (verb) · butts (third person present) · butted (past tense) · butted (past participle) · butting (present participle)- adjoin or meet end to end:"the church butted up against the row of houses" · "a garden that butted up to the neighbor's"
- join (pieces of stone, lumber, and other building materials) with the ends or sides flat against each other:"the floorboards will be butted up against each other to make tight seams"
Originlate Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt, reinforced by abut.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- the person or thing at which criticism or humor, typically unkind, is directed:
noun- the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon:
- the stub of a cigar or a cigarette:
- the buttocks or anus:
verb- adjoin or meet end to end:
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- Butt is an informal word for the part of the body that you sit on12, also known as the buttocks. Butt can also mean the end or extremity of anything34, especially something that is not used up or is a base, support, or handle. For example, a cigarette butt or the butt of a rifle. Butt can also refer to a person who is an object of ridicule or a target4, such as the butt of a joke. Butt can also be a verb meaning to strike or push with the head or horns4.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.1 butt / ˈ bʌt/ noun plural butts Britannica Dictionary definition of BUTT [count] 1 chiefly US, informal + sometimes impolite : the part of the body you sit on : buttockswww.britannica.com/dictionary/buttDefinition of butt noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary butt noun /bʌt/ (informal) the part of the body that you sit on synonym buttock Get off your butt and do some work!www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/ame…WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 butt1 /bʌt/ n. [ countable] the end of anything, esp. thought of as a base, support, or handle: He swung up the butt of his rifle. an end that is not used up: a cigar butt. Slang Terms Slang. a cigarette: passing around a few butts.www.wordreference.com/definition/buttbutt the end or extremity of anything: the butt of a pistol; an end that is not consumed: a cigarette butt; a person who is an object of ridicule; a victim, target: the butt of a joke; to strike or push with the head or horns: Goats like to butt their heads against each other.www.thefreedictionary.com/butt
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