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What (who) is butt - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Butt (disambiguation)
butt
I
n. a cigarette; rifle butt
II
v.
1)(d; intr.) to buttagainst
2) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to butt into (to butt into smb.'s business)
butt
(butts, butting, butted)
1.
Someone's butt is their bottom. (AM INFORMAL, RUDE)
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
N-COUNT
2.
The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle.
Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests...
N-COUNT: oft n N, N of n
3.
The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it.
= stub
N-COUNT: oft n N, N of n
4.
A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
5.
If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them.
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
= target
N-SING: usu the N of n
6.
If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head.
Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him.
VERB: V n, also V n prep
7.
Butt
·noun The common English flounder.
II. Butt ·vt ·Alt. of But.
III. Butt ·vt To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
IV. Butt ·noun A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
V. Butt ·vi To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, ·noun ].
Wikipedia
Butt
Butt may refer to:
- Figurative or literal blunt ends:
- Butt joint, a woodworking joinery technique
- Butt splice connector, a type of crimp electrical connector
- Buttstock or butt, the back part of a rifle or other firearm
- Headbutt or butt, (implicitly blunt) blow administered with the head
- Buttocks
- Cigarette butt
- Boston butt or pork butt, a shoulder cut of pork
- Metonym for cigarette
- Measurement and storage of liquids:
- Butt (unit), a measure of volume
- Butt, an English wine cask size
- "Water Butt" a rainwater tank
- Archery butt, practice target
- Surnames:
- Butt (surname)
- Bhat, a surname in India and Pakistan, also spelled as Butt
- Titled works:
- Butt (magazine)
- The Butt, a 2008 novel by Will Self
- Der Butt, German title of The Flounder (1977), Günter Grass novel
- "Butt Butt", a song by Monrose from Temptation
Examples of use of butt
1. "They‘re putting their lives on the line to protect your butt and my butt," Thomas said.
2. Butt scare An over later, Butt had another scare when on 56 he flashed an edge for four between England‘s two slips.
3. It noted that a cigarette butt was found at the scene, apparently discarded by the perpetrators, but DNA tests performed on the butt failed to yield good results.
4. "Even with our antiquated systems, we‘re still kicking butt."
5. Ron Hubbard, have also made Cruise the butt of jokes.