English to English

butt
(b/@/t )

noun (n)

  • thick end of the handle(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    butt end
    source: wordnet30
  • the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots(noun.plant)
    source: wordnet30
  • a victim of ridicule or pranks(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    goat, laughingstock, stooge
    source: wordnet30
  • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on(noun.body)
    Example:
    He deserves a good kick in the butt.
    Synonym:
    arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end
    source: wordnet30
  • sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    target
    source: wordnet30
  • finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
    source: wordnet30
  • a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    butt joint
    source: wordnet30
  • a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    stub
    source: wordnet30
  • A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The common English flounder.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • lie adjacent to another or share a boundary(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march
    source: wordnet30
  • to strike, thrust or shove against(verb.contact)
    Example:
    He butted his sister out of the way.
    The goat butted the hiker with his horns.
    Synonym:
    bunt
    source: wordnet30
  • place end to end without overlapping(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The frames must be butted at the joints.
    source: wordnet30
  • To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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