'Butt' definitions:
Definition of 'butt'
From: WordNet
noun
Thick end of the handle [syn: butt, butt end]
noun
The part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
noun
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?" [syn: 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]
noun
Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt]
noun
Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag]
noun
A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping [syn: butt joint, butt]
noun
A large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
noun
The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub]
verb
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]
verb
To strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn: butt, bunt]
verb
Place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
Definition of 'Butt'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \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. [1913 Webster]
- Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. See 2nd but, n. sense 2. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. [1913 Webster]
- I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A thrust in fencing. [1913 Webster]
- To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. [1913 Webster]
- The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. [1913 Webster]
- 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. [1913 Webster]
- 13. The buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work; -- used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass. [slang]
- Syn: ass, rear end, derriere, behind, rump, heinie. [PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Butt'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about
- 110 imperial gallons). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Butt'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \Butt\, n. (Zool.) The common English flounder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Butt'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \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.] [1913 Webster]
- And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] [1913 Webster]
- A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Butt'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \Butt\, v. t. To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. [1913 Webster]
- Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'butt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Butt'
- Butt and butt,
- Butte,
- Butts,
- The Buttes,
- butt against,
- butt in,
- butt on,
- A butt's length,
- Bead and butt,
- Box Butte,
- Butt chain,
- Butt end,
- Butt hinge,
- Butt joint,
- Butt riveting,
- Butt shaft,
- Butt weld,
- Butte City,
- Butte County,
- Butte Falls,
- Butte Falls, OR,
- Butte, AK,
- Butte, CA,
- Butte, ID,
- Butte, MT,
- Butte, ND,
- Butte, NE,
- Butte, SD,
- Butts County,
- Butts and bounds,
- Butts, GA,
- Crested Butte,
- Eagle Butte,
- Elephant Butte,
- Full butt,
- Heart Butte,
- Red Butte,
- Saddle Butte,
- Scuttle butt,
- Sentinel Butte,
- Study Butte,
- The Buttes, WY,
- To spring a butt,
- Two Buttes,
- Water butt,
- Woolly butt,
- butt pack,
- butt welding,
- cigar butt,
- cigarette butt,
- kick in the butt,
- rifle butt,
- Box Butte County,
- Box Butte, NE,
- Butte City, ID,
- Butte County, CA,
- Butte County, ID,
- Butte County, SD,
- Butts County, GA,
- Crested Butte, CO,
- Eagle Butte, SD,
- Elephant Butte, NM,
- Full-butt,
- Heart Butte, MT,
- Mount Crested Butte,
- North Eagle Butte,
- Red Butte, WY,
- Saddle Butte, MT,
- Sentinel Butte, ND,
- Study Butte, TX,
- Two Buttes, CO,
- butt-weld,
- butt-welding,
- flash butt welding,
- Box Butte County, NE,
- Butte-Silver Bow,
- Mount Crested Butte, CO,
- North Eagle Butte, SD,
- Study Butte-Terlingua,
- Butte-Silver Bow, MT,
- Study Butte-Terlingua, TX