butt

Nouns

• (n) thick end of the handle butt end,
• (n) the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
• (n) a victim of ridicule or pranks laughingstock, goat, stooge,
• (n) 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?
  arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, tooshie, tush, backside, fundament, seat, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, bum, can, rear, tail,
• (n) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at target,
• (n) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag,
• (n) a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping butt joint,
• (n) a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
• (n) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) stub,

Verbs

• (v) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.
  • England marches with Scotland
  abut, adjoin, butt against, butt on, edge, border, march,
• (v) to strike, thrust or shove against
  • He butted his sister out of the way
  • The goat butted the hiker with his horns
  bunt,
• (v) place end to end without overlapping
  • The frames must be butted at the joints

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See also

Words of close approximity