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Butt

noun

1.

Thick end of the handle. Synonym: 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. Synonyms: goat, laughingstock, stooge.

4.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5.

Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at. Synonym: target.

6.

Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking. Synonyms: cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag.

7.

A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping. Synonym: 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). Synonym: stub.

verb

(past & past part. butted; pres. part. butting)

1.

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march. "England marches with Scotland"

2.

To strike, thrust or shove against. Synonym: bunt. "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"

3.

Place end to end without overlapping.

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"Butt" Quotes from Famous Books

... Gilbert, call. I have lost some strength with the passing of years, but I have never lost my ability to shoot straight," and he just showed him the butt of a pistol in the pocket ...

— The Brown Mask • Percy J. Brebner

... test Brunhild casts a spear with such force that both Gunther and his invisible companion stagger and nearly fall, but, just as she is about to cry victory, Siegfried sends back the spear butt-end foremost and brings her to her knees. Veiling her dismay at this first defeat, Brunhild hurls the stone to a great distance and lands beside it with a flying leap. In Gunther's place the invisible ...

— The Book of the Epic • Helene A. Guerber

... of him, while Richard Tresidder had but scant courtesy paid him. When it became known that my father was disinherited, no matter how unjustly, these same folks discovered that Richard Tresidder was a very mine of wit and goodness, while my father was made a butt for fools' jokes. ...

— The Birthright • Joseph Hocking

... her? Give her back to me—or you die." He drew a pistol out of the breast-pocket of his coat. I seized the weapon by the barrel, and snatched it away from him. As the charge exploded harmlessly between us, I struck him on the head with the butt-end of the pistol. ...

— The Guilty River • Wilkie Collins

... Wilson was taking Sidney to Schwitter's, making her the butt of garage talk! The smiles of the men were evil. Joe's hands grew cold, his head hot. A red mist spread between him and the line of electric lights. He knew ...

— K • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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