 butt |
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| 1. | [ verb ] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| Synonyms: | adjoin butt_against abut edge butt_on march border | |
| Examples: | "Canada adjoins the U.S." "England marches with Scotland" |
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| Related terms: | touch neighbor boundary_line boundary abutter butt_joint edging | |
| 2. | [ noun ] thick end of the handle | |
| Synonyms: | butt_end | |
| Related terms: | stock rifle_butt | |
| 3. | [ verb ] to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns | |
| Synonyms: | bunt | |
| Examples: | : "He butted his sister out of the way." |
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| Related terms: | strike run_into butter | |
| 4. | [ verb ] place end to end without overlapping | |
| Examples: | "The frames must be butted at the joints" |
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| Related terms: | situate put butt_joint | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a victim of ridicule or pranks | |
| Synonyms: | laughingstock stooge goat | |
| Related terms: | victim April_fool stooge | |
| 6. | [ noun ] finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | |
| Synonyms: | cigarette fag coffin_nail cigaret | |
| Related terms: | roll_of_tobacco cubeb filter-tipped_cigarette joint filtertipped_cigarette cigarette_butt | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping | |
| Synonyms: | butt_joint | |
| Related terms: | joint butt_weld fish_joint border | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (games) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at | |
| Synonyms: | target | |
| Related terms: | sports_equipment clay_pigeon | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | |
| Synonyms: | seat ass bottom rear_end tail behind buttocks stern hind_end hindquarters keister posterior buns bum prat rear can tail_end tooshie tush rump fundament derriere fanny backside nates arse | |
| Examples: | "he deserves a good kick in the butt" "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
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| Related terms: | body_part torso | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) | |
| Related terms: | barrel water_butt | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5069 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | |
| Synonyms: | stub | |
| Related terms: | part cigar_butt roach cigarette_butt | |
| Similar spelling: |
butty butte but Buth Bute Buteo Butea Bueti Buteau bud buyout buy_it buy_at Budd Buda |
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