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Definition of 'butt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) butt
the end or extremity of anything, esp. the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a base, support, or handle:
the butt of a rifle.

2.  butt
an end that is not used or consumed; remnant:
a cigar butt.

3.  butt
a lean cut of pork shoulder.

4.  butt
Slang. the buttocks.

5.  butt
Slang. a cigarette.

6. (n.) butt
an object of witticisms, ridicule, etc.

7.  butt
a target.

8.  butt
(on a target range)

9.  butt
a wall of earth or other backstop located behind the targets to stop bullets, arrows, etc.

10.  butt
butts, a target range.

11.  butt
Obs. a goal; limit.

12. (v.i.) butt
to abut.

13. (v.t.) butt
to position or fasten an end (of something).

14.  butt
to join the ends of (two things); set end to end.

15. (v.t.) butt
to strike or push with the head or horns.

16. (v.i.) butt
to strike or push something or at something with the head or horns.

17.  butt
to project.

18.  butt
butt in

19. (n.) butt
a blow with the head or horns.

20. (n.) butt
any of various units of capacity, usu. considered equal to two hogsheads.

21.  butt
a large cask for wine, beer, or ale.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME bote < AF bo(u)t(e); MF < OPr bota < LL butta, buttis)

Definition of 'butt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) butt, butt end
thick end of the handle

2. (noun) butt
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

3. (noun) butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
a victim of ridicule or pranks

4. (noun) 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
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?"

5. (noun) target, butt
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

6. (noun) cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

7. (noun) butt joint, butt
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

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

9. (verb) butt, stub
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

10. (verb) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
"Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

11. (verb) butt, bunt
to strike, thrust or shove against
"He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"

12. (verb) butt
place end to end without overlapping
"The frames must be butted at the joints"

Definition of 'butt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) butt
the end of a smoked cigarette
***a cigarette butt

2.  butt
the end of a gun handle
***the butt of the gun

3.  butt
sb's bottom
***He fell on his butt.

4.  butt
the butt of
the main target
He's the butt of everyone's jokes.

5. (verb) butt
to hit with the head
The goats butted each other.

Definition of 'butt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) butt
a large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads

2. (noun) butt
the common English flounder

3. (verb) butt
alt. of But

4. (verb) butt
to join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut

5. (verb) butt
to thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

6. (verb) butt
to strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head

Translation of 'butt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to strike (someone or something) with the head He fell over when the goat butted him.
Afrikaans: stamp, stoot	Arabic: يَنْطَحُ	Bulgarian: блъскам с глава
Brazilian: dar cabeçada	Czech: trknout	German: stoßen
Danish: stange	Greek: κουτουλώ κπ. ή κτ.	Spanish: dar un cabezazo
Estonian: puskama	Farsi: با شاخ یا سر ضربه زدن	Finnish: töytäistä päällä
French: donner un coup de tête à/	Hebrew: לִנְגוֹח	Hindi: किसी चीज को सिर से टक्कर
Croatian: lupiti	Hungarian: öklel	Indonesian: menyeruduk
Icelandic: stanga	Italian: urtare	Japanese: 突く
Korean: 머리(뿔)로 받다	Lithuanian: trenkti galva	Latvian: badīt; grūst (ar galvu)
Malay: menanduk	Dutch: een kopstoot geven	Norwegian: stange
Polish: uderzyć głową	Persian: با شاخ یا سر ضربه زدن	Pashto: له ښکر یا سر سره ضربه وهل
Portuguese: marrar	Romanian: a lovi cu capul	Russian: бодать, ударять головой
Slovak: vraziť, nabrať na rohy	Slovenian: suniti z glavo	Serbian: udariti
Swedish: stånga, skalla	Thai: ขวิด	Turkish: tos vurmak; kafa atmak
Taiwanese: 用頭撞	Ukrainian: буцати(ся)	Urdu: سر سے ٹکر لگانا
Vietnamese: húc vào	Chinese: 用头撞
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