Butt - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a victim of ridicule or pranks (syn: goat, laughingstock, stooge)
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (syn: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, seat, stern, tail, tush)
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking (syn: cigarette, fag)
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) (syn: stub)
verb
- to strike, thrust or shove against (syn: bunt)
The goat butted the hiker with his horns
Extra examples
This single fact speaks more than butts and tons of declamation.
They were the common butts of every fool's arrow.
The enraged Billy butted and butted against the door until he was tired.
He butted his sister out of the way
The goat butted the hiker with his horns
The frames must be butted at the joints
He flicked his cigarette butt out the window.
They blamed the disaster on a worker who dropped a burning cigarette butt.
When someone else is talking, don't butt in (to their conversation), it's rude.
Never butt in on anyone else's quarrel.
He lit one cigarette from the butt of another and dragged at it nervously.
Paul quickly became the butt of everyone's jokes.
Kevin, get your butt over here!
I worked my butt off in college.
This has nothing to do with you, so just butt out!
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: butt
he/she/it: butts
present participle: butting
past tense: butted
past participle: butted
singular: butt
plural: butts
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