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Butt

Butt Meaning & Definition
Butt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Butt?

[n] thick end of the handle
[n] the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
[n] a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
[n] a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
[n] finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
[n] sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[n] a victim of ridicule or pranks
[v] to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way."
[v] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
[v] place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Butt: abut | adjoin | arse | ass | backside | behind | border | bottom | bum | buns | bunt | butt end | butt joint | butt on | buttocks | can | cigaret | cigarette | coffin nail | derriere | edge | fag | fanny | fundament | goat | hind end | hindquarters | keister | laughingstock | march | nates | posterior | prat | rear | rear end | rump | seat | stern | stooge | stub | tail | tail end | target | tooshie | tush

Related Terms | Find terms related to Butt: abut | abut on | adjoin | advance | afterglow | afterimage | aim | ankle | articulate | articulation | assault | backside | bacon | balance | barrel | batten | batten down | be contiguous | be in contact | bear | bear upon | bearing | behind | bit | bitter end | bolt | boost | border | border on | bottom | bottom dollar | boundary | bowl | breech | buck | buckle | bull | bulldoze | bump | bump against | bunt | butt against | butt end | buttocks | button | by-end | by-purpose | byword | byword of reproach | candle ends | carton of cigarettes | cervix | chaff | chip | chitterlings | chump | chunk | cig | cigarette | cigarette butt | cigarette case | clasp | cleat | clinch | clip | clipping | closure | cochon de lait | collop | communicate | conjoin | connect | connecting link | connecting rod | connection | coupling | cracklings | cram | croup | crowd | crumb | crupper | cut | cutting | debris | deck of cigarettes | derision | derriere | destination | detritus | dig | dollop | dovetail | drive | driving force | dupe | elbow | embrace | end | end in view | extreme | extremity | fag | fag end | fair game | fall guy | fanny | farthest bound | fat back | figure of fun | filings | final cause | flitch | fool | force | forward | fossil | fragment | game | gammon | gazingstock | gliding joint | goad | goal | goat | gob | gobbet | gudgeon | gull | ham | ham steak | haslet | hasp | haunches | head | headcheese | hind end | hinge | hinged joint | hip | hitch | hogshead | holdover | hook | hunk | hurtle | husks | hustle | impel | impulsion | interface | interfere | interrupt | intrude | jab | jam | jambon | jambonneau | jest | jestingstock | jog | joggle | join | joining | joint | joke | jolt | jostle | jumping-off place | juncture | keg | kibitz | knee | knuckle | lard | latch | laughingstock | leavings | leftovers | lie by | limit | line | link | lock | lump | march | mark | meddle | meet | miter | mock | mockery | modicum | moiety | monkey | morsel | mortise | motive power | move | nail | nates | neck | neighbor | nib | nudge | object | object in mind | objective | odds and ends | offscourings | orts | paring | parings | particle | patsy | pedal | peg | picnic ham | piece | pieds de cochon | pig | pigeon | pile drive | pilgarlic | pin | pipe | pivot | pivot joint | point | poke | pole | pork | porkpie | posterior | prat | press | pressure | prey | prod | propel | propelling | propelment | propulsion | pulsion | punch | pursuit | push | pushing | quarry | quintain | rabbet | rags | ram | ram down | rasher | rattle | rear | rear end | reason for being | refuse | relics | remainder | remains | remnant | residue | residuum | rest | rivet | roach | roll | row | rubbish | ruins | rump | run | run against | salt pork | sawdust | scarf | scoop | scourings | scrap | scraps | screw | seam | sew | shadow | shake | shard | shaving | shavings | shiver | shoulder | shove | shoving | shred | shunt | side of bacon | sitting duck | skewer | slice | sliver | small ham | smithereen | smoke | snack | snap | snatch | snip | snipe | snippet | sowbelly | splinter | sport | stand by | staple | stick | stitch | stock | straw | stress | stub | stubble | stump | sucker | suckling pig | survival | suture | sweep | sweep along | sweepings | symphysis | tack | tag | tag end | tail | tail end | tamp | target | tatter | teleology | thrust | Thule | tie rod | tip | toggle | toggle joint | touch | toy | trace | treadle | troll | trotters | trundle | tun | Ultima Thule | ultimate aim | union | verge | verge upon | vestige | victim | waste | wedge | weld | wrist | zipper

See Also | April fool | barrel | body | body part | bump into | butt against | butt weld | cask | cigar butt | cigarette butt | clay pigeon | contact | cubeb | cubeb cigarette | dupe | filter-tipped cigarette | fish joint | jar against | joint | knock against | lay | marijuana cigarette | meet | neighbor | neighbour | part | place | portion | pose | position | put | reefer | rifle butt | roach | roll of tobacco | run into | set | smoke | spliff | sporting goods | sports equipment | stick | stock | strike | torso | touch | trunk | victim | water butt

Butt In Webster's Dictionary

\Butt\, But \But\, n. [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. b[=o]zan, 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 scarfing 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) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) 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) 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}.] [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. 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. [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. {Bottle} a hollow vessel.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) The common English flounder.

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