Definition of butt in English English dictionary
- The joint where two planks in a strake meet
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; – also called a butt joint
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge
- To strike bluntly, particularly with the head
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons
I escap'd upon a butt of sack which the sailors heav'd o'erboard.
- A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed
He's usually the butt of their jokes.
- The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts
When the woman in the dress was sitting with her legs up, I could see up her butt.
- hassock
- The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to prevent injury
- A used cigarette
- A thrust in fencing
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe
Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. –.
- Body; self
We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt
The hand-cuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.
- The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice
- The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but
- A mark to be shot at; a target
The inhabitants of all cities and towns were ordered to make butts, and to keep them in repair, under a penalty of twenty shillings per month, and to exercise themselves in shooting at them on holidays.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end
Here is my journey's end, here is my butt / And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.
- The buttocks; used as a euphemism, less objectionable than arse/ass
Get up off your butt and get to work.
- to strike with or as with the head, or horns
- {n} a mark, object of ridicule, cask, blow or stroke, end of a ship's plank, a hinge
- {v} to strike with the head like a ram
- 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?"
- Joining of two conductors end-to-end, with no overlap and with their axes in line
- A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; - also called a butt joint
- [See Butt, n
- thick end of the handle
- A door hinge with one leaf mortised or routed into the door frame jamb and the other into the edge of the door The leaf of the hinge can be radiused or square A standard residential interior hinge measures 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches when laid out flat A standard residential exterior hinge will measure 4 x 4 or 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches
- The thicker end of anything
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge
- The top end of the hockey stick
- to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"
- One coupling of a fire hose; a hydrant outlet; the heel (lower end) of a ladder; the act of steadying a ladder that is being climbed
- female: The body part that "looks bigger" no matter what is worn male: What you slap when someone scores a touchdown, homerun, or goal Also good for mooning
- the base of a tree or log
- Joining images without overlapping
- place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints
- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge
- {i} stump, stub (of a cigarette); buttocks (Slang); handle of a tool or gun; target which is shot at; victim of a joke
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; also called butt joint
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U S "; "England marches with Scotland"
- (but) n Female: The body part that every item of clothing makes "look bigger " Male: What you slap when someone's scored a touchdown, homerun, or goal Also good for mooning
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram
- It contains two hogsheads
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- {f} bang, bump; interrupt, disturb; push with the head or horns (like a goat or calf)
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- The rear end of an animal or human; rear end
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallon]s; to the pipe
- ] To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut
- To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- 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. see also head-butt, water butt
- The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. = stub
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- Two art elements or coloured regions are said to butt if they meet edge to edge
- Bottom of a felled part of a tree (1)
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc
- 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
- the portion of the shingle exposed to the weather, sometimes called the "tab" of the shingle
- The common English flounder
- End to end
- butt call
- An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in a back pant pocket due to body movement or sitting down
- butt calls
- plural form of butt call
- butt crack
- The gluteal cleft
- butt cracks
- plural form of butt crack
- butt dial
- A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed
- butt dial
- To accidentally make a call via butt dial
- butt heads
- To argue uncompromisingly with someone
They always seem to butt heads when they end up talking about politics.
- butt hinge
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, lid, covers, etc.; so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the frame, stop molding, and casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt
- butt in
- To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption)
Forgive me for butting in.
- butt joint
- A joint formed by adjacent, separate section of material, such as where two neighboring pieces of insulation abut
- butt monkey
- An object of abuse and ridicule
Don't do wrong to others and it should come back to you tenfold. OK, so there are several years that I was Karma's butt-monkey for not obeying that simple rule.
- butt monkey
- An annoying and irksome person
Some bloody butt-monkey rear-ends me.
- butt monkeys
- plural form of butt monkey
- butt pirate
- A homosexual man
- butt pirates
- plural form of butt pirate
- butt sex
- Anal sex
- butt women
- plural form of butt woman
- butt-cheek
- buttock
- butt-fucking
- anal sex
- butt-fucking
- Engaging in anal sex
- butt-naked
- stark-naked, completely nude
The streaker's wet dream was to be on TV butt-naked on a rainy day.
- butt-naked
- with the buttocks bared
- butt-plug
- A sex toy designed for insertion into the anus and rectum
- butt-rape
- To force anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will
- butt-rape
- The act of forcing anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will
- butt-slapping
- Slapping the buttocks (an action associated with jest or as in a locker room)
- butt-ugly
- Extremely ugly
- butt-woman
- A lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness
The butt-woman was just setting forth the need of money for church repairs but she interrupted herself when she found me studying monuments.
- butt plug
- Butt plugs (or anal plugs) are sex toys designed to be inserted in the anus and rectum for sexual pleasure. In some ways, they are similar to a dildo, but they tend to be shorter, and to have a flared end to prevent the device from being lost inside the rectum. (It is generally ill-advised to use a standard dildo anally, since it may get stuck, requiring medical extraction.)
- butt call
- {i} (Slang) phone call that is made accidentally by sitting down on one's cellular phone
- butt hinge
- This is a common type of hinge which is often used in the theatre Composed of rectangular leaves joined by either a fixed or a loose pin
- butt hinge
- (or Butt) See Hinge
- butt hinge
- a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb
- butt hinge
- A hinge mortised into both the door and frame
- butt hinge
- A hinge composed of two plates attached to abutting surfaces of a door and door jamb and joined by a pin
- butt hinge
- See 1st Butt, 10
- butt hinge
- These only tend to be used on windows when remote operating gear is installed Unlike friction stays, they allow the sash to pivot at a fixed point (Also used on doors)
- butt hinge
- Hinge in which both leaves are mortised (cut) into the edge of door and frame
- butt hinge
- A square or rectangular hinge of brass or iron, whose two halves are connected by a pin
- butt hinge
- A hinge that has a pin inserted into a round barrel, commonly used on swinging doors When butt hinges are requested, Kolbe & Kolbe uses Euro hinges as standard If desired, butt hinges must be requested specifically (Not available on all product series )
- butt in
- break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
- butt in
- involve oneself in, get into the middle of (someone else's business)
- butt joint
- See 1st Butt, 8
- butt joint
- A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping
- butt joint
- n. A joint formed by two abutting surfaces placed squarely together
- butt joint
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- butt pack
- A fanny pack
- butt shaft
- A blunt arrow used for target practice
- butt shaft
- An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow
- butt shaft
- an blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
- butt weld
- A welded butt joint
- butt weld
- process in which the edges or ends of metal sections are butted together and joined by welding
- butt weld
- A circumferential weld in pipe fusing the abutting pipe walls completely from inside wall to outside wall
- butt weld
- A weld of members butting against each other
- butt weld
- Weld made to join two strip ends set against each other
- butt weld
- a weld that joins two members end to end
- butt weld
- A weld in a butt joint
- butt weld
- a butt joint that is welded
- butt weld
- See Butt weld, under Butt
- butt welding
- The practice of welding something end to end (2)
- butt welding
- A process of joining two pipe sections together using a heat source to melt the pipes, and allowing the melted plastic form each pipe to amalgamate, and then letting the joint cool to form a hard plastic again Special equipment is usually required to provide the heat for an effective butt weld The most commonly butt welded material are polypropylene and polyethylene
- butt welding
- the joining of two strip edges end-to-end, usually with electric resistance
- butt welding
- Joining two edges or ends by placing one against the other and welding them
- butt welding
- creating a butt joint by welding
- butt-weld
- join by a buttweld
- bubble butt
- A fat person
- bubble butt
- Large, rounded buttocks
- bust one's butt
- To work exceptionally hard
I've been busting my butt getting the tent fixed, while you're just sipping cocoa. Give me a hand.
- bust one's butt
- work extremely hard; try very hard
- bare-butt
- by extension, stark naked
- bare-butt
- literally, with the butt bared, as for a spanking or a mooning
- get one's butt somewhere
- go somewhere, especially quickly
I've got to get my butt to class.
- kick butt
- To be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant
I never thought I'd say it, but being the governor of California kicks butt!.
- pain in the butt
- A nuisance; a source of trouble or annoyance
The customers love it, but the employees think the new system is a pain in the butt.
- water butt
- An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel
- work one's butt off
- To work very hard or to excess
- work someone's butt off
- To cause someone to work hard, eg, as a supervisor
- the butt of the joke
- The person who is laughed at. "Frank is so sensitive. He hates to be the butt of a joke."
- Giggling My Butt Off
- I am laughing a lot, GMBO (Internet chat slang)
- butted
- past of butt
- butting
- present participle of butt
- butting
- {i} limit, border, boundary
- butting
- An abuttal; a boundary
- butts
- third person singular of butt
- butts
- plural of butt
- cigar butt
- small part of a cigar that is left after smoking
- cigarette butt
- ciga·rette butt cigarette butts in BRIT, also use cigarette end A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it. = butt, stub. ciga'rette end the part of a cigarette that remains when someone has finished smoking it
- cigarette butt
- cigarette stub or stump
- cigarette butt
- small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking
- disapproval butt in
- If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to. Sorry, I don't mean to butt in `I should think not,' Sarah butted in. = interrupt
- flash butt welding
- A technique for joining segments of metal rail or pipe in which segments aligned end to end are electronically charged, producing an electric arc that melts and welds the ends of the segments, yielding an exceptionally strong and smooth joint. Also called flash welding
- head-butt
- If someone head-butts you, they hit you with the top of their head. He was said to have head-butted one policeman and stamped on another's hand. Head-butt is also a noun. The cuts on Colin's head could only have been made by head-butts
- kick butt
- {f} (Slang) use forceful or coercive measures in order to attain an objective; winning overwhelmingly; be absolutely amazing
- kick in the butt
- punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
- rifle butt
- the butt end of a rifle
- small of the butt
- narrow part of the handle of a rifle
- stop butt
- natural or artificial wall that has a target located before it
- water butt
- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water
- water butt
- A water butt is a large barrel for collecting rain as it flows off a roof. a large container that is kept outside and used for collecting rainwater
- water butt
- a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater
- work your butt off
- {f} work your butt off, work very hard, work diligently