Overview of noun butt

The noun butt has 9 senses

• butt, butt end -- (thick end of the handle)


• butt -- (the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots)


• butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge -- (a victim of ridicule or pranks)


• buttocks, nates, arse, butt, 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 -- (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?")


• target, butt -- (sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at)


• cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag -- (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)


• butt joint, butt -- (a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping)


• butt -- (a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons))


• butt, stub -- (the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))

Overview of verb butt

The verb butt has 3 senses

• border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on -- (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland")


• butt, bunt -- (to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns")


• butt -- (place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints")