Burt

Definition: Burt

Burt

Noun

1. English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971).

"Burt" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fortified town".

Date "Burt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Synonyms: Burt

Synonyms: Cyril Burt (n), Cyril Lodowic Burt (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Burt

English words defined with "Burt": Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt ♦ Louis Burt Mayer. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Burt": Burt filter. (references)

Etymologies containing "Burt": Birt. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Burt" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Manx (berth).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Burt! You gotta hit it in the brain! (The Return of the Living Dead; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Rudy Ricci) Burt can't have sex with me. (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) Or better still put it in the Yellow Pages under Burt. (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) But Burt Bacharach he ain't. (Get Over It; writing credit: R. Lee Fleming Jr.) Roger that Burt, and congratulations. (Tremors; writing credit: S.S. Wilson; Brent Maddock)
Movie/TV Titles	Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003) Burt Luddin's Love Buffet (1999)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Burt Bacharach & Hal David (reference) Burt Bacharach: Anthology (reference) Burt Dow Deep-Water Man (reference) Burt Grossman: The Way Things Oughta' Be Told (reference) Burt Lancaster: An American Life (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Reflect on the Hits Of Burt Bacharach& Hal David/Velvet Voices and Bold Brass (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Burt Wilhelm observing at Kelp Bay Off of FAIRWEATHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Figure 55. Burt's nipper, invented by Peter Burt, a British ship builder, in 1818. It was used to keep the sounding line vertical in spite of the motion of the ship. It was used by the British Admiralty along with a device of the same type designed by Massey. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Texas conservation leaders Memo Benevides (left), John Burt, (center), and Bob Buckley meet on conservation issues. Memo is president of the Texas Association of Conservation Districts, Burt is NRCS State conservationist, and Buckley is Executive Director. Credit: Ken Hammond.		Caption: Edison Recording Dept. Group on Roof of 79 Fifth Ave.; Front Row: Messrs. Meeker, Emmons, Cronkhite, Burt, Jaudas; Back: Hofbauer, Rabenstein, Werner, Getcliffe, Voorhis, Benzler.; New York, NY; Ca. 1909; {10.120/44} (jpg).
	Caption: George Werner and Fred C. Burt at Amberola Recording Session, Columbia St. Studio; West Orange, NJ; January 22, 1917; {29.435/5} (jpg).		[Clarence Edward Burt, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Milton Burt Handelsman]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Three portraits of men rescued from the Central America, by the bark Mary: John Tice, Alexander Grant and George W. Dawson; and portrait of Capt. Hiram Burt, of the Boston brig Marine, who rescued the women and children on board the Central America. Credit: Library of Congress.
	George Washington and the spy Harvey Birch / designed by T.H. Matteson ; engraved by Charles Burt, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.		Long Island Lighting Co., Island Park, Long Islabe. Edward F. Burt Power Plant I. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Burt" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.09% of the time. "Burt" is used about 139 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.09%	128	28,261
Noun (singular)	5.76%	8	124,375
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.44%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.72%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	139	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Burt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Burt	First name Male	6,000	881
Burt	Last name	12,000	963
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Burt" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fortified town".

The following table summarizes names related to "Burt."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Burt	Male	English	Burton
Burton	Male	English	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Burt, IA (city, FIPS 9685)
Location: 43.19917 N, 94.22137 W
Population (1990): 575 (235 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 50522
Country: USA

2. Burt, MI (CDP, FIPS 12000)
Location: 43.23679 N, 83.90627 W
Population (1990): 1169 (386 housing units)
Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 48417
Country: USA

3. Burt, ND
Zip Code(s): 58646
Country: USA

4. Burt, NY
Zip Code(s): 14028
Country: USA

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Expressions: Burt

Expressions using "Burt": Burt County ♦ Cyril Burt ♦ Cyril Lodowic Burt ♦ Louis Burt Mayer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Burt

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
burt reynolds	269	burt evil	17
burt bacharach	198	burt ny	16
burt lancaster	160	burt ernie	14
burt rutan	94	burt nude reynolds	13
burt	67	burt reynolds picture	13
burt ward	62	burt automotive	13
burt bee	54	burt renolds	13
burt toyota	35	burt lancaster movie	12
richard burt	32	burt williams	12
burt chevrolet	29	burt charles realtor	11
burt lake	26	burt subaru	11
burt reynolds movie	26	burt convey	10
burt lake mi	25	burt mi	10
burt wolf	23	burt honda kuni	10
burt young	22	jim burt	9
burt baccarat	22	burt kurt	9
burt bacharach lyrics	21	burt mustin	9
burt lake michigan	19	burt s bee	8
burt ford	18	burt greenwald chevrolet	8
burt lake park state	18	john burt	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Burt

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Burt": burthen, burthened, burthening, burthens, burton, burtons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Burt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bauart, Baurat, Borut, Buet, Burd, Burity, Burj, burpt, Burts, Burty, butr, Buur. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Burt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: brut.
	Words within the letters "b-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: bur, but, rub, rut, tub, urb.
	-2 letters: ut.
	Words containing the letters "b-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: blurt, bruit, brunt, brute, buret, burnt, burst, rebut, tuber, turbo.
	+2 letters: abrupt, arbute, barbut, blurts, bruits, brulot, brunet, brunts, brutal, bruted, brutes, bunter, burbot, burets, burnet, bursts, burton, buster, butler, butter, krubut, rebuts, robust, rubati, rubato, rubout, tabour, tambur, tubber, tubers, turban, turbid, turbit, turbos, turbot.
	+3 letters: abutter, arbutes, arbutus, barbuts, becrust, becurst, blunter, blurted, blurter, bluster, briquet, brought, bruited, bruiter, brulots, brunets, brutely, brutify, bruting, brutish, brutism, bunters, burbots, burette, burgout, burkite, burnets, burnout, burrito, bursate, bursted, burster, burthen, burtons, bustard, busters, bustier, butcher, butlers, butlery, butters, buttery, butyral, butyric, butyrin, butyryl, disturb, doubter, embrute, imbrute, inburst, krubuts, obtrude, obtuser, outbark, outbrag, outbred, outburn, perturb, puberty, rebuilt, redoubt, robusta, rubatos, rubiest, rubouts, subpart, subrent, subtler, subvert, tabours, tabular, tambour, tambura, tamburs, tarbush, terbium, tilbury, tribune, tribute, trouble, tubbers, tubbier, tubular, tumbler, tumbrel, tumbril, turbans, turbary, turbeth, turbine, turbith, turbits, turbots, unburnt.
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