Definition of Butt

Verb: butt  bút

  1. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
    "Canada butts the U.S.";
    - border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt against, butt on
     
  2. To strike, thrust or shove against
    "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"; "He butted his sister out of the way";
    - bunt
     
  3. Place end to end without overlapping
    "The frames must be butted at the joints"
Noun: butt  bút
  1. Thick end of the handle
    - butt end
     
  2. The part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
     
  3. A victim of ridicule or pranks
    - goat, laughingstock, stooge
     
  4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    "he deserves a good kick in the butt";
    - buttocks, nates, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière
     
  5. Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
    - target
     
  6. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
    - cigarette, cigaret [US], coffin nail, fag [Brit], ciggy [Brit], cig, gasper [Brit]
     
  7. A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
    - butt joint
     
  8. A large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
     
  9. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
    - stub

See also:
buts
buttals

Anagrams containing the word butt

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