butt.
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end.
Meaning & usage
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
Get up off your butt and get to work.
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
I can see your butt.
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). Body; self.
Get your butt to the car.
We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
The waste end of anything. A used cigarette.
The waste end of anything. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
The waste end of anything. Hassock.
The waste end of anything. A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. The direction from which the wind blows.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. A mark to be shot at; a target.
archery butt
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
He's usually the butt of their jokes.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
archery butt
Where this word comes from
From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Faroese buttur (“wooden block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot. PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Faroese buttur (“wooden block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot. PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn
To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
To strike bluntly with the head.
Rams butt at other males during mating season.
To cut in line (in front of someone).
Teacher! He just butted me!
Where this word comes from
From Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, boter (“to push, butt, strike”), from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English bēatan (“to beat”). More at beat.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.
The handcuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.
A thrust in fencing.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, boter (“to push, butt, strike”), from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English bēatan (“to beat”). More at beat.
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
Where this word comes from
From late Middle English bote, but, butte (“wine cask”), of disputed origin. Probably (1) from Anglo-Norman but, from Old French bot (“barrel, wine-skin”), Late Latin buttis (“cask”); (2) alternatively, a later form of Middle English bitte, bit, butte (“leather bottle”), from Old English bytt, byt, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā, from Vulgar Latin *buttia and thus a doublet of boccia.
Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English but, butte, botte (“flounder; plaice; turbot”), possibly derived from sense 1 (“blunt end”), meaning "blunt-headed fish." Compare Dutch bot and the second element of English halibut. Cognate with West Frisian bot, German Low German Butt, German Butt, Butte, Swedish butta.
A heavy two-wheeled cart.
A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
Where this word comes from
Variant of putt.
The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
Where this word comes from
Originally apparently a less-desired cut, named either due to its often being packed in butts (“casks”) for storage and shipping, or from the use of butt to refer to "the larger or thicker end of something, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end" or "the waste end".
Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
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