butt
verb
[ bʌt ]
• (of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns.
• "she butted him in the chest"
Similar:
ram,
headbutt,
bunt,
bump,
buffet,
push,
thrust,
shove,
prod,
knock,
tup,
butt
noun
• a push or blow, especially one given with the head.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.
butt
noun
• the person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed.
• "his singing is the butt of dozens of jokes"
• an archery or shooting target or range.
Origin:
Middle English (in the archery sense): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground’.
butt
noun
• the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon.
• "a rifle butt"
• the stub of a cigar or a cigarette.
• a person's buttocks or anus.
• "I was being paid to sit on my butt and watch television"
Similar:
buttocks,
bottom,
cheeks,
hindquarters,
haunches,
rear,
rump,
rear end,
backside,
seat,
derrière,
Sitzfleisch,
nates,
behind,
sit-upon,
stern,
BTM,
tochus,
rusty dusty,
bum,
botty,
prat,
jacksie,
bahookie,
fanny,
tush,
tushie,
tail,
duff,
buns,
booty,
caboose,
heinie,
patootie,
keister,
tuchis,
bazoo,
bippy,
batty,
rass,
fundament,
posterior,
breech,
arse,
clunge,
ass,
• the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.
butt
verb
• adjoin or meet end to end.
• "the shop butted up against the row of houses"
Similar:
adjoin,
abut,
butt up to,
be next to,
be adjacent to,
border (on),
neighbour,
verge on,
bound on,
be contiguous with,
be connected to,
communicate with,
link up with,
extend as far as,
extend to,
join,
conjoin,
connect with/to,
touch,
meet,
Opposite:
be separate from,
Origin:
late Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt2, reinforced by abut.
butt
noun
• a cask, typically used for wine, beer, or water.
• "a butt of malmsey"
Similar:
barrel,
cask,
keg,
vat,
tun,
pipe,
tub,
tank,
cistern,
bin,
drum,
canister,
basin,
kid,
kier,
keeve,
• a liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons (equivalent to 477.5 litres).
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis .
