Butt

  

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Butt

Definition: Butt

Butt

Noun

1. Thick end of the handle.

2. A victim of ridicule or pranks.

3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

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

5. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking.

6. A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping.

7. A large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons).

8. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking).

Verb

1. Lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S.".

2. To strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns: "He butted his sister out of the way.".

3. Place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "butt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Butt

DomainDefinition

Industry

The butt is the thicker or hinder part of a hide or skin, a bend is a shape or size in which ox or cow-hides are tanned into leather, forming half of a butt. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. Opposite of face, coal exposed at right angles to the face, and in contrast to the face, generally having a rough surface. Also called end in Scotland b. The butt of a slate quarry is where the overlying rock comes in contactwith an inclined stratum of slate rock. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Persian (coon), Ukrainian (dupa, zhopa). (references)

Slang in 1811

BUTT. A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and who serves as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Butt

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term "butt" is also U.S. slang for the buttocks.

A wine butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) is a large cask (or barrel) holding two hogsheads of wine. A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly 63 U.S. gallons (approx. 238.5 litres), so a butt is now usually 126 U.S. gallons or 108 imperial gallons (approx. 477 litres).

Traditionally, a butt of beer is 162 gallons or 613 litres, and how big a butt (or "pipe") of wine is depends on what kind of wine it is:

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Butt

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
BUEnglishButtMeteorology & Standards, International Organizations

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Butt

Synonyms: arse (n), ass (n), backside (n), behind (n), bottom (n), bum (n), buns (n), butt end (n), butt joint (n), buttocks (n), can (n), cigaret (n), cigarette (n), coffin nail (n), derriere (n), fag (n), fanny (n), fundament (n), goat (n), hind end (n), hindquarters (n), keister (n), laughingstock (n), nates (n), posterior (n), prat (n), rear (n), rear end (n), rump (n), seat (n), stern (n), stooge (n), stub (n), tail (n), tail end (n), target (n), tooshie (n), tush (n), abut (v), adjoin (v), border (v), bunt (v), butt against (v), butt on (v), edge (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Butt

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Attack

Cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike; (impulse); whip; (punish).

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Intention

Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye,

Laughingstock

Noun: laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock; butt, game, fair game; April fool; (dupe).

Receptacle

Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Butt

English words defined with "butt": A butt's length, April fool, ArietateBat bolt, black gum, black mallee, black sally, But end, Butt end, Butt riveting, Butt weld, butt welding, Butted, Butting, buttinsky, ButtweldDouble rivetingEucalytus stellulatafish joint, flash butt welding, flash welding, Full buttgunstockHeel plateJam weld, Jump joint, Junction plateMake-game, Mockingstockorder armsPantaloon, pistol griprifle butt, roachScuttle butt, Scuttle cask, stockT hinge, T.B., tee hinge, To poke fun atwater butt. (references)
Specialty definitions using "butt": anchored tree protection, Armillaria root disease, Armillaria root rotbelly cut, birdsmouth, branch root, BRUSH MATERIAL PREPARER, butt entry, butt-outcable splicer, CANDLE CUTTER, CANDLE MOLDER, MACHINE, Cap and Bellsdee, DorchesterELECTRICAL-LINE SPLICER, EXTRUDER OPERATOR, extrusion-press operatorFENCE-MAKING MACHINE OPERATOR, FITTER HELPERhandle maker, honey agaricLaughing-stock, LEAD BURNER, lead welder, loft patternmaker, log dog, log grabMalmsey Wine, middle cut, model maker, plaster and plastic, MOP-HANDLE ASSEMBLER, moutchPATTERNMAKER, PLASTER, patternmaker, plaster and plastic, plate-worker helper, pole-peeler helper, POLE-PEELING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, pole-shaver helperROLL-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR II, rough coniferous treeSAW MAKER, saw mechanic, set-up, shoestring root rot, SPRING-MANUFACTURING SET-UP TECHNICIAN, stilt root, STONE LAYOUT MARKERThats a nice one, TOAD EATER, tree spurWELDER SETTER, RESISTANCE MACHINE, welder-fitter helper, wick cutter. (references)
Etymologies containing "butt": sackbut. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Butt" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (rectum), Manx (a little crowd, heap, mark, stamina, strength), Norwegian (blunt).

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Modern Usage: Butt

DomainUsage

Screenplays

She likes your butt and fancy hair (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

If that damn dog craps in the courtyard one more time, I'm just gonna bake his little butt for breakfast (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Hey! Get your butt across the white line (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

I fell off a building, I got beat on, and ran through Hong Kong butt naked (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Lyrics

I'ma knock him so hard, on his butt (Can't Deny It; performing artist: Fabolous)

They say Ms. J's big butt is boss (Intuition; performing artist: JEWEL)

Get 2 to ya butt 3 to ya nogin (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris)

It's creasing your butt (MIXED EMOTIONS; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Baby move your butt butt butt (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO)

Clever

Butt head (references; author: unknown)

The mind can only stand what the butt can endure. (references; author: unknown)

Can't never could do anything till could came along and whipped can't butt. Now can't can do a lot. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Gen. McCrosky Butt and Staff (1899)

Up the Butt (2001)

Afro-Centrix Volume 39: Busta Butt (1998)

Wild Bananas On Butt Row (1997)

Big Boob Boat Butt Ride (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Butt

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Stainless Steel Butt Welded Fittings: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

  • Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally (reference)

  • Butt Naked Baby Blues: A Baby Blues Treasury (Kirkman, Rick. Baby Blues Treasury.) (reference)

  • Funky Butt Blues (reference)

  • Kick Butt and Other Advice to Aging (reference)

  • Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow (Zack Files, 28) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Butt

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The record bonito, Tuna Club 1908, caught with rod and reel. This fish, which weighed 22 pounds, fought for more than an hour. Note angler's belt with socket for rod butt. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207 Plate II. Credit: Fisheries.

[Arthur J. Butt, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Pencil sketch by Lieutenant Walter R. Butt, C.S. Navy, 1865. It depicts Nansemond off Chaffins Bluff, on the James River, Virginia, 22 March 1865. Credit: NAVY.

Inauguration of Gen. Taylor, March fourth, 1849 / W.W. Butt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Mid-afternoon "lunch" by Long Pond where woodsmen are sluicing. On the menu that day: roast pork and dressing, boiled potatoes, turnips, baked beans, hot cakes, hot biscuits, bread, butt. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Butt
 

"Weed and cigarettes" by Krista  
Commentary: "An empty bag of weed and a cigarette butt on the ground. ."
"Pigeon Back" by Ariel C.
Commentary: "Pigeon Butt =)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Butt".

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Pile driver; construction; drive; batter; beat; butt; dash; dig; hammer; jackhammer; knock; maul; plunge; pop; punch; ram; run; shoot; sink; smite; sock; stab; stick; strike; throw; thrust; thump; thwack; whack; wham.Blockhead; bonehead; dolt; donkey; dope; dunce; fool; halfwit; idiot; imbecile; jackass; jerk; nincompoop; nitwit; numskull; schmuck; simpleton; twerp; twit; ass; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead; boob; bore; buffoon; butt; chump; clod; clown; cretin; dimwi.
Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Butt

AuthorQuotation

Phyllis Diller

Living in Hollywood is like living in a lit cigar butt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Butt

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He clasped the butt of the pistol, and felt reassured

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He bit off the rest of the fig and flung away the butt.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The second guard rested his gun butt on the ground

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

There were marks of an axe and of woodpeckers on the butt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Butt

"Butt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.55% of the time. "Butt" is used about 401 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)79.55%31916,154
Noun (proper)10.47%4252,864
Lexical Verb (infinitive)7.98%3261,292
Lexical Verb (base form)2%8124,375
                    Total100.00%401N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Butt

The following table summarizes the usage of "butt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ButtLast name2,0005,069
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Butt

Expressions using "butt": be a butt for ridicule be the butt of ridicule Bead and butt butt against Butt and butt butt at Butt chain butt cigarette butt end butt hinge butt in butt into butt joint butt of a gun butt of cigarette butt on Butt riveting Butt shaft butt smb. butt weld butt welding butt wrap cigar butt cigarette butt flash butt welding Full butt kick in the butt pistol butt rifle butt scuttle butt To spring a butt water butt woolly butt. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "butt": butt-crammed, butt-end, butt-ends, butt-indicator, butt-indicators, butt-joined, butt-joint, butt-jointed, butt-joints, butt-kickin', butt-naked, butt-ring, butt-traps.

Ending with "butt": head-butt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Butt

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

butt

15,817

thong butt

294

big butt

4,976

seymour butt

290

bubble butt

1,383

i like big butt

287

butt man

1,359

beautiful butt

282

butt plug

1,024

tight butt

282

nice butt

757

cute butt

271

seymore butt

695

hot butt

259

big butt tv

628

butt gallery

258

real butt

627

girl butt

245

butt picture

550

butt implant

243

big black butt

496

beer butt chicken

241

butt exercise

493

girl with big butt

236

black butt

471

bikini butt

223

teen butt

413

fat butt

218

butt rate

391

boy butt

207

butt buddy

380

male butt

206

butt sex

376

butt shot

202

butt naked

362

big butt woman

200

bare butt

308

beavis butt head

199
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Butt

Language Translations for "butt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

but, bisht cigareje (fag end), vythe, vozë (cask, hogshead, wood), vend qitje, shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, brand, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), qytë, prapanicë (backside, Fanny, fundament, posterior, prat, rear), poligon, goditje me kokë, godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas (affect, astonish smb., bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, clip, clout, conk, defeat, drop, hit, impinge, knock, pound, smite, stab, strike, whack), fuçi (barrel, Cade, cask, kilderkin, snap-roll, tank, Tierce, Tun, wood), dorezë (crook, glove, grip, gripe, griping, haft, handgrip, handle, joystick, knob, stock, tommy bar). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كفل (ass, backside, bottom, buttock, buttocks, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, pledge, posterior, prat, rump, secure, sponsor, vouch), ‏مؤخرة (ass, backside, behind, bum, buttock, in the end, prat, rearward, stern), ‏هدف (aim, clout, end, goal, ideal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, study, target, tendency, view), ‏نتأ (beetle, bulge, emboss, jut, pout, project, protrude, stick, stick out), ‏نطحة (bunt, butting), ‏نطح (bunt, gore, horn, leak, ram, seep), ‏وصل (arrive, attain, befall, check, come, conduct, connect, convey, hook up, joining, joint, ligature, link, make, mark, plumb, reach, receive, result, roll in, show up, steer, touch, voucher), ‏تدخل (butt in, chip, cut in, have a finger in the pie, have hand in smth., horn in, interfere, interference, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intervention, intrusion, involvement, mediation, obtrusion, push in, tamper, thrust), ‏عقب السيكارة (butt cigarette, cigarette end), ‏عقب البندقية, ‏عجيزة (behind, bottom, breech, bum, posterior, rear, slat, tail end), ‏الطرف الغليظ من أي شئ, ‏الجزء الغليظ من جلد مدبوغ, ‏الأضحوكة (laughing stock), ‏برميل كبير (hogshead). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

намествам (edge, place, set), допирам се в една линия, дънер (kerf, log, stock, stump, trunk), приклад (stock), бут (buttock, ham, haunch, leg, quarter, rump, side), мишена (blank, target, tee), мушкам с глава, дебелият край на нещо (chump), намесвам се (break in, burst in, chime in, cut in, interfere, interpose, interrupt, intervene, meddle, put in, step in), съединявам (aggregate, band, clutch, compound, concatenate, conjoin, couple, impale, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, join up, knee, knit, link, marry, mate, piece, piece together, rejoin, splice, tag, tie, tie in, unite), натъквам се на (come across, encounter, happen upon, meet with, run against, run into, run up, run upon, strike, stumble across), широкият край на нещо, удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), угарка (snipe, stub, stump), стрелбище (rifle range, shooting gallery, shooting range), стрелбищен вал, мушкане (dig, job, jog). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

臀部 (buttocks), (buttocks), 靶垛, 屁股 (arse, bottom, buttocks, end). (various references)

   

Czech

  

velký sud (hogshead, Tun), trknutí, trknout, terè (objective, target), rána hlavou, pařez (snag, stub, stump), pažba (gun-stock), nedopalek (cigarette butt, cigarette end), násada (haft, handle, helve, stick), káï (tub, Tun, vat). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tap (chuck, core, disc pivot, dowel, hinge bolt, journal, peg, pintle, pivot, shoulder, spigot, spike tooth, sprue, tack, tap, tenon, wire nail), stoed (impact, joint, kicking, pushing off, rail joint, shock, stem, stock, stub, stump, throwing, trunk), stammefod, rodende, mekanisk hørforarbejdningsproces, manuel hørforarbejdningsproces, kuglefangkonstruktion (stop butt), kernestykke (bend), kaerne (bend, churn, kernel, pip), croupon (bend). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

butt, Vat (barrel, blood vessel, box, container, grasp, jug, vase, vessel), uiteinde (conclusion, end, ending, tip), stuiken (to butt, to jump, to shock, to stook, to upset, upsetting), plaat (bank, dial, disc, disk, grammophone disc, image, picture, plate, record, sandbank, sheet, slab), pen stuik, ondereinde van een stam, kopeinde, kogelvangerconstructie (stop butt), kern (core, essence, gist, kernel, nucleus, pit), croupon (bend). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیشرفتگی داشتن (Jut), پیش رفتن (Ago, Jut, Proceed), هدف (Aim, Cause, Goal, Mark, Object, Parrot, Point, Prick, Purpose, Scope, Sight, Target, Victim), نزدیک یامتصل شدن , کپل (Behind, Buttock), ته قنداق تفنگ , ته درخت , ته (Base, Bed, Bottom, Extremity, Heel, Stub), ضربه زدن (Dabber, Layon), شاخ زدن (Gore, Push), بیخ , بشکه (Barrel, Cask). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyvi (base, proximal part). (various references)

   

French

  

crosse, abouter (to butt). (various references)

   

German

  

zielscheibe (aunt sally, object, target), kippe (ciggy, fag, precarious situation, spring, stub, tip, tip over, toss up), dickes Ende, zigarettenstummel (butts, cigarette end, fag end), kugelfang (stop butt), kolben (beak, bulb, cob, conk, ear, flask, forcer, hooter, piston, pistons, prick, retort, spadices, spadix, tool), großes fass (hogshead). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κόμβος (knot, roundabout), κεφαλή φυλλοδεσμίδας, κάτω άκρον, κτυπώ διά τησ κεφαλήσ, κοντάκι (gunstock), κουτουλώ (bump into, head-butt), ρόζος (knot), στόχοσ (target, tee), βαρέλι (barrel, cask), βοδινό δέρμα (bend), υποκόπανοσ (butt of a gun), ευθυγράμμιση άκρων, άκρη ελάσματος, άκρο (abutment, border, brim, brow, edge, end, extreme, extremity, foot, ledge, limb, Marge, Neb, peak, rim, tip, verge). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מטרה ללעג (laughingstock), לנגוח (horn, knock, lunge), תחת (arse, below, beneath, bottom, buttock, rump, under), קת (haft, handle, shaft), קצה (border, edge, end, extremity, outskirts, stub, tag end, tail end, tip), חבית (barrel, cask, drum, vat, wood), זנב (appendage, rear, stub, stump, tail, tail end), נגיחה (butting, lunge). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

segg (arse, ass, fanny, kazoo, prat, pratt, tail), rönk (block, clear bole, clog, stump, trunk), csikk (cigarette stub, cigarette-stub, fag end, fag-end, stub, stump), céltábla (butts, cock-shot, Mark, target). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

puntung (stub), pantat (backside, behind, buttock, posterior, rear), menanduk (gore). (various references)

   

Italian

  

testata (head, headboard, header, heading, running head, warhead). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

話の腰を折る (to butt in, to interfere), 邪魔臭い (pain in the butt, troublesome), 頭つきをする (to butt heads), 石突き (butt end, ferrule, shoe), 出しゃばる (to butt in, to intrude), 出っ尻 (big butt, protruding buttocks), 差し越える (to butt in, to go out of turn), 台尻 (butt of a gun). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ずつきをする (to butt heads), さしこえる (to butt in, to go out of turn), でしゃばる (to butt in, to intrude), でっちり (big butt, protruding buttocks), いしづき (butt end, ferrule, shoe), じゃまくさい (pain in the butt, troublesome), はなしのこしをおる (to butt in, to interfere), だいじり (butt of a gun). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

개머리판쇠. (various references)

   

Manx

  

puhttey (butting, jostle, jostling, push), oirr (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, ledge, margin, rim, verge), kiap (block, block for burning, last, log, pad, pillow, snag, socle, stock, tree-stump, trunk, trunk of tree), immyr (bed, headland, ridge, shelf under water), bodd. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uttbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

barrica (barrel, cask, keg, tub), base de manoca, bater o linho, bumbum (ass, breech, crash, roll, trommel), crepão (bend), alvo (aim, blank, clean, clout, cockshot, dart board, drift, goal, mark, niveous, object, purpose, shot, target, tee), aterro (bank, banking, earthwork, goaf, hilling), cabeçada (bridle, headband), "croupon" (bend), coronha (stock), topo (cap, roof, stub, summit, tip, top, vertex), dar cabeçada, dorso (back, dorse), guimba de cigarro, juntar duas extremidades, linguado (fluke, halibut, sole), (burl, joint, kink, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nodosity, nodus, tie, tying), parte inferior de um toro, pipa de vinho, chifrada. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

butuc (block, chump, hub, log, lump, pap, snag, stock, stub, stump, vine), bufon (antic, buffoon, cut up, fool, harlequin, jester, merry andrew, mugger, pantaloon, zany), butoi (barrel, cask, hogshead, vat, wood), ţintã (aim, blaze, clout, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, nail, object, objective, peg, pin, purport, purpose, pursuit, tack, target, weltnail, whither), îmbinare (apposition, conjugation, conjunction, contexture, gathering, imbibition, join, joinder, marriage, meeting), împunge (jab, pink, pique, prick, prod, sting, stitch, thrust), împunsãturã (cant, dig, jab, jeer, jest, pang, prick, prod, stick, stitch, tack, thrust), încheieturã (joggle, joint, knuckle, meeting, socket), ţel (aim, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mission, object, objective, purpose), cotor (haft, handle, helve, stock, stub), se bãga în, lovi cu capul, loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), loviturã cu coarne, muc de ţigarã (fag end), pat de puşcã (gun-stock), poligon de tragere (shooting range), scop (aim, consummation, design, designation, effect, end, goal, intent, intention, Mark, meaning, mission, object, objective, order, purpose, scope, serve, target, turn, use), capãt gros al unui bat. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обух (butt end), посмешище (laughing stock, laughingstock, mock, mockery, scoff, stooge, stooges), приклад (club), предмет издевательства, бодаться, большая бочка (hogshead, puncheon), жопа, мишень (cockshot, cockshy, dartboard, target), нападок или оскорблений, стрельбищный вал, окурок (cigarette butt, cigarette end, cigarette-end, stump), оскорблений , толстый конец, торец (end, wood block), цель (aim, effect, final cause, goal, intent, intention, object, objective, purpose, target), хвостовик (shank), служащий предметом насмешек, ягодицы (breech, buttocks, fundament, nates, prat, rear), нападок. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

put (strike with the head, the cheek, thrust), purr (drive, strike with the head, thrust, urge). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bosti, zadnjica (ass, backside, behind, buttocks, fanny, fundament, nates, posterior, rear, rump), upadati u reč, udariti glavom, pikavac (butt: cigarette butt, cigarette end, cigarette-stub, stub, stump), list (blade, flap, flatfish, leaf, newspaper, plaice, rag, sheet, topknot), kundak (gunstock), iverak (flounder, fluke, halibut, turbot), debeli kraj nečega, cigareta (cigarette, fag, smoke). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

extremo (critical, desperate, end, extreme, extremity, far, furthest, highest point, last, outer, outermost, outside, paramount, superlative, thoroughgoing, ultimate, ultra-, utmost, wing), culata (grip, handle, haunch, head, rear). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stöta (barge, bruise, bump, dig, hurt, hurtle, hustle, impact, impinge, jab, knock, offend, outrage, pestle, pound, push, put, shove, stab, strike, thrust), stånga (Gore, horn). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ส่วนก้น, ก้น (arris, arse, ass, bazoo, boodie, boody, bottom, bum, buns, caboose, duff, gazoo, keester, keyster, khyber pass, kiester, kyber pass, labonza, rusty-dusty), ถังขนาดใหญ่, ตัวตลก (comedian, fool, jester, joker, mime), ขวิด. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

boynuzlamak (cuckold, Gore, horn), toslamak (bang into, barge, bump, bump into, horn, ram), tos, sap (cauline, grip, haft, halm, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, hilt, lug, nut, peduncle, scape, shaft, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), popo (backside, behind, breech, bum, buttocks, can, posterior, rear, rear end), nişan (affiance, badge, betrothal, brand, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, medal, order, plume, sign, target), maskara (antic, buffoon, fool, jester, laughing stock, laughingstock, mascara, masquerader, mummer, wanton, zany), kafa atmak, kafa atma (header), kıç (arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum, buttocks, can, Fanny, fundament, ham, haunches, hindquarters, hip, nates, poop, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, slats, stern, tail, tail end, vent), izmarit (blotched picarel, cigarette butt, cigarette end, dog end, end, fag end, pill, sea bream, stub, stump), hedef (aim, blank, bourn, Bourne, clout, cock-shy, destination, goal, home, intention, land of promise, Mark, object, objective, promised land, purpose, rover, target, terminus), dipçik (butt end, gunstock, rifle butt, stock), dip kısım. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

sьsmek (gore), зьwde. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ударяти головою, ціль (aim, goal, purpose), торець, товстий кінець (chump), грядка (bed, garden bed), недокурок (cigarette end), натикатися (blunder against), мішень (aim, target), межувати (abut, adjoin, affront, approach, border, neighbor upon, neighbour upon, outskirt, touch on, verge), межа (abutment, balk, barrier, border, bound, brink, ceiling, circumference, circumscription, delimitation, frontier, limit, pale, precinct, side-land, tiptop, ultimate, verge), з'єднувати у стик, завіса (cloud, curtain, drapery, hinge, veil), бочонок (cask, wood), погорб. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

bia bắn và ụ đất sau bia người làm trò cười, cái húc đầu, cái húc, đầu núm, đích làm trò cười. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

twlcio (gore, horn), pricsiwn (laughingstock), cornio (horn). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Butt

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Flesus flesus, Platichthys flesus, Pleuronectes flesus. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

buttis. (various references)

Old French900-1400

boter, but. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Butt

Derivations

Words beginning with "butt": buttals, butte, butted, butter, butterball, butterballs, buttercup, buttercups, buttered, butterfat, butterfats, butterfingered, butterfingers, butterfish, butterfishes, butterflied, butterflies, butterfly, butterflyer, butterflyers, butterflying, butterier, butteries, butteriest, buttering, butterless, buttermilk, buttermilks, butternut, butternuts, butters, butterscotch, butterscotches, butterweed, butterweeds, butterwort, butterworts, buttery, buttes, butties, butting, buttinski, buttinskies, buttinsky, buttock, buttocks, button, buttonball, buttonballs, buttonbush, buttonbushes. (additional references)

Words ending with "butt": scuttlebutt. (additional references)

Words containing "butt": abuttal, abuttals, abutted, abutter, abutters, abutting, bellybutton, bellybuttons, keybutton, keybuttons, misbutton, misbuttoned, misbuttoning, misbuttons, rebuttable, rebuttal, rebuttals, rebutted, rebutter, rebutters, rebutting, rebutton, rebuttoned, rebuttoning, rebuttons, scuttlebutts, surrebutter, surrebutters, unbuttered, unbutton, unbuttoned, unbuttoning, unbuttons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Butt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: batt, Batut, bct, bett, bht, bhut, Biott, Bitot, bmt, bott, Botti, bput, brutt, brutta, brutto, budd, Buet, buft, buit, bujt, Bukta, bult, bumt, busht, Buta, buth, buti, buto, butr, Butta, Butu, butz, buyt, bvt, bwt, ebut, Lbut, Ubt, ubti, ubut. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Butt"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "butt" (pronounced bu"t)
3b u" tabut, but, rebut.
2-u" tcut, glut, gut, hut, jut, mutt, nut, phut, putt, rut, shut, smut, somewhat, strut, tut, uncut, what.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Butt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-t-t-u"

-1 letter: but, tub, tut.

-2 letters: ut.

 Words containing the letters "b-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: battu, butte, butts, butty, butut.

 

+2 letters: battue, butted, butter, buttes, button, bututs, tubate, tubist, turbit, turbot.

 

+3 letters: abuttal, abutted, abutter, bathtub, batteau, battues, burette, bushtit, buttals, butters, buttery, butties, butting, buttock, buttons, buttony, subtest, subtext, tribute, tubaist, tubists, tugboat, turbeth, turbith, turbits, turbots.

 

+4 letters: abutment, abuttals, abutters, abutting, baguette, bathtubs, batteaux, betelnut, bluntest, brunette, burettes, bushtits, bustiest, buttered, buttocks, buttoned, buttoner, buttress, butylate, butyrate, cuttable, debutant, extubate, intubate, obstruct, obturate, obtusest, obtusity, outbitch, outbleat, outboast, outbuilt, outburnt, outburst, outthrob, rebuttal, rebutted, rebutter, rebutton, substate, subtests, subtexts, subtilty, subtitle, subtlest, subtlety, subtotal, subtract, tabouret, tabulate, thumbnut, tributes, tubaists, tubbiest, tubulate, tugboats, turbeths, turbiths, turbojet, umbrette, unbitted, unbitten, unbitter, unbutton.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Abbreviations
19. Acronyms
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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