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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : buht |
| Phonetic Transcription : bʌt |
Definition of butt
Origin :- "thick end," c.1400, butte, which probably is related to Middle Dutch and Dutch bot, Low German butt "blunt, dull," Old Norse bauta (see beat (v.)). Or related somehow to Old English buttuc "end, small piece of land," and Old Norse butr "short." In sense of "human posterior" it is recorded from mid-15c. Meaning "remainder of a smoked cigarette" first recorded 1847.
- noun end, shaft
- noun object of joking
- noun cigarette
- noun buttocks
- verb bang up against with head
- verb touch, adjoin
- You've made me your butt, your fool, your doer of trivial offices.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Andrew sat with the butt of his rifle ground into his forehead.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There ain't a rotten knot in it from butt to finish, and mighty few of any other kind.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- But whenever he has the power, depend upon it, he will butt at one as valiantly as the other.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- A loop in the butt of the bull whip was about the young man's wrist.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- As he spoke he carelessly ran the butt end of his rifle under the bed!
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Hilary's hand went to the butt of the automatic within his blouse.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- She seized one of the weapons by the butt, and was about to withdraw it from its holster.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- His hand closed over the butt of one of the pistols slung before him.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- "Naturally," replied the other, lighting one cigarette from the butt of another.
- Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
Synonyms for butt
- abut
- ass
- backside
- base
- batter
- behind
- border
- bottom
- bound
- buck
- buffet
- bum
- bump
- bunt
- cancer stick
- chump
- cig
- clay pigeon
- coffin nail
- collide
- communicate
- derision
- derriere
- dupe
- easy mark
- edge
- extremity
- fag
- fag end
- fall guy
- fanny
- fool
- foot
- fundament
- gluteus maximus
- goat
- gore
- haft
- handle
- haunches
- hilt
- hindquarters
- hook
- horn
- jab
- jestee
- join
- joke
- jut
- keister
- knock
- laughingstock
- mark
- meet
- neighbor
- patsy
- pigeon
- poke
- posterior
- prod
- project
- protrude
- punch
- push
- ram
- rear
- run into
- sap
- seat
- setup
- shank
- shove
- sitting duck
- smack
- smoke
- softie
- stock
- strike
- stub
- stump
- subject
- sucker
- tail
- target
- thrust
- tip
- tobacco
- toss
- turkey
- tush
- tushie
- verge
- victim
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