butt in English dictionary

  • butt

    Meanings and definitions of "butt"

    • (slang) The buttocks; used as a euphemism, less objectionable than arse/ass
    • (slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
    • (slang) Body; self.
    • (slang) A used cigarette.
    • The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but.
    • A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
    • A mark to be shot at; a target.
    • A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
    • A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
    • A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
    • A thrust in fencing.
    • (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to prevent 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; – also called a 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.
    • (leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
    • The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
    • (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.
    • Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
    • (obsolete, West of England) hassock.
    • To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
    • (the) butt
    • noun
      Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
    • noun
      (English units)
      An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
    • noun
      A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
    • noun
      (dated, dialect, Ireland, West Country)
      A heavy two-wheeled cart.
    • noun
      (dated, dialect, Ireland, West Country)
      A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
    • noun
      A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
    • noun
      A thrust in fencing.
    • noun
      (countable)
      The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
    • noun
      (countable)
      The waste end of anything
    • noun
      (countable, generally)
      An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
    • verb
      To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To strike bluntly with the head.
    • The unsmoked part of a cigarette or cigar.
    • The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
    • buttocks
    • slang: body; self
    • remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar
    • larger or thicker end of anything; e.g., the blunt end of a rifle
    • sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt
    • to strike bluntly
    • noun
      a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
    • noun
      a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
    • noun
      a victim of ridicule or pranks
    • noun
      finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
    • noun
      sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
    • 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?"
    • noun
      the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
    • noun
      the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
    • noun
      thick end of the handle
    • verb
      lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
    • verb
      place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
    • verb
      to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"

    Synonyms of "butt" in English dictionary

    joint, bunt, body part are the top synonyms of "butt" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of butt

    • butt ( plural  butts)
    • butt ( third-person singular simple present butts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza butt, lm  liczba mnoga butts
    • butt (plural butts)
    • butt (third-person singular simple present butts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)
  • Butt

    Meanings and definitions of "butt"

    • proper
      A surname.

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