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BUTT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thick end of the handle
Synonyms:
butt; butt end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
stock (the handle end of some implements or tools)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
rifle butt (the butt end of a rifle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Synonyms:
butt; stub
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
cigar butt (small part of a cigar that is left after smoking)
cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
roach (the butt of a marijuana cigarette)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
water butt (a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
Synonyms:
butt; butt joint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
butt-weld; butt weld (a butt joint that is welded)
fish joint (a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams)
Derivation:
butt (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)
butt (place end to end without overlapping)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Synonyms:
butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
roll of tobacco; smoke (tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder)
Meronyms (parts of "butt"):
cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
cubeb; cubeb cigarette (a cigarette containing cubeb)
filter-tipped cigarette (a cigarette with a filter tip)
joint; marijuana cigarette; reefer; spliff; stick (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
Synonyms:
butt; target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
clay pigeon (target used in skeet or trapshooting)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example:
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonyms:
arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("butt" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A victim of ridicule or pranks
Synonyms:
butt; goat; laughingstock; stooge
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt"):
April fool (the butt of a prank played on April 1st)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butt" is a kind of...):
component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they butt ... he / she / it butts
Past simple: butted
Past participle: butted
-ing form: butting
Sense 1
Meaning:
To strike, thrust or shove against
Example:
The goat butted the hiker with his horns
Synonyms:
bunt; butt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "butt" is one way to...):
strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "butt"):
headbutt (butt with the head)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to butt his opponent
Also:
butt against (collide violently with an obstacle)
Derivation:
butter (a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example:
England marches with Scotland
Synonyms:
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "butt" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "butt"):
neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
butt (a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Place end to end without overlapping
Example:
The frames must be butted at the joints
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "butt" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
butt (a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping)
Context examples:
As the driver pulled up his foam-spattered horse, he threw the reins to his companion, sprang from his seat, butted furiously into the crowd, and then an instant afterwards up went the hat which told of his challenge and defiance.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he was given a lodge to keep, exactly as he had feared upon the island; and he still lives, a great favourite, though something of a butt, with the country boys, and a notable singer in church on Sundays and saints' days.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes,” he said, turning the front of his coat and exhibiting the butt of a large revolver, which projected from the inside pocket.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By the light of the lantern I saw the butt twist slowly around till its sides coincided with the sides of the step.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Was it not you, Johnston, who took the fat ox at Finsbury butts against the pick of London town?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
How vividly I call to mind the damp about the house, the green cracked flagstones in the court, an old leaky water-butt, and the discoloured trunks of some of the grim trees, which seemed to have dripped more in the rain than other trees, and to have blown less in the sun!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
One of them I beat over the head with the butt of the whip, so that he dropped the cudgel with which he was about to strike me; then lashing the horse, I shook off the others and got safely away.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was up again in a moment, and with convulsive strength he seized Holmes by the throat, but I struck him on the head with the butt of my revolver, and he dropped again upon the floor.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Slacking away on the boom-tackle and hoisting an equivalent amount on the shears-tackle, I brought the butt of the mast into position directly over the hole in the deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
