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butt
n. stump, stub (of a cigarette); buttocks (Slang); handle of a tool or gun; target which is shot at; victim of a joke
 
v. bang, bump; interrupt, disturb; push with the head or horns (like a goat or calf)


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Butt
Butt may refer to:ButtocksButt (unit), a unit of wineButt (archery), a target for practicing archeryButt (sailing), a joint between planks of wood on a shipButt joint, a woodworking joinery techniqueBoston butt or pork butt, a pork shoulderHeadbutt, a blow administered with the head"Butt Butt", a song by Monrose from Temptation
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butt
Noun
1. thick end of the handle
(synonym) butt end
(hypernym) stock
(hyponym) rifle butt
2. a victim of ridicule or pranks
(synonym) goat, laughingstock, stooge
(hypernym) victim, dupe
(hyponym) April fool
3. 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?"
(synonym) buttocks, nates, arse, 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
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
4. sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
(synonym) target
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
(hyponym) clay pigeon
5. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
(synonym) cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, fag
(hypernym) roll of tobacco, smoke
(hyponym) cubeb, cubeb cigarette
(part-meronym) cigarette butt
6. a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
(synonym) butt joint
(hypernym) joint
(hyponym) butt weld, butt-weld
(derivation) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt against, butt on
7. a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
(hypernym) barrel, cask
(hyponym) water butt
8. the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
(synonym) stub
(hypernym) part, portion
(hyponym) cigar butt
Verb
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
(synonym) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt against, butt on
(hypernym) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
(hyponym) neighbor, neighbour
(derivation) butt joint
2. to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"
(synonym) bunt
(hypernym) strike
(see-also) run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against
(derivation) butter
3. place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) butt joint


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Butt (der)
n. flounder, type of flatfish

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Butt
(v. t.)
To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
  
 
(v. t.)
Alt. of But
  
 
(v. i.)
To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]
  
 
(v. i.)
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
  
 
(n.)
The common English flounder.
  
 
(n.)
A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
  

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