Etymology : Middle English, from Old French boter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bOzan to beat; more at BEAT
Pronunciation : b&t
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. stump, stub (of a cigarette); buttocks (Slang); handle of a tool or gun; target which is shot at; victim of a joke. bang, bump; interrupt, disturb; push with the head or horns (like a goat or calf). buttocks, bum, backside If you tell anybody that I like her, I'll kick your butt.
2. bottom.
3. not good, lacking.
4. extremely drunk or very wasted: "I was butt after that party ". butt\butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. butted; p. pr. & vb. n. butting.] [oe. butten, of. boter to push, f. bouter. see:
butt an end, and cf. boutade.].
5. to join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [written also but.] and barnsdale there doth butt on don's well-watered ground.
6. to thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [see:
butt, n.] a snow-white steer before thine altar led, butts with his threatening brows.butt \butt\, but \but\ ] , n. [f. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, of. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, f. bouter; of german origin; cf. ohg. bōzan, akin to e. beat. see:
beat, v. t.].
7. a limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. here is my journey's end, here my butt and very sea mark of my utmost sail.note: as applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.
8. the thicker end of anything. see:
but.
9. a mark to be shot at; a target. w. scott. the groom his fellow groom at butts defies, and bends his bow, and levels with his eyes.
10. a person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. i played a sentence or two at my butt, which i thought very smart.
11. a push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
12. a thrust in fencing. to prove who gave the fairer butt, john shows the chalk on robert's coat.
13. a piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. the hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.
14. (mech.) (a) a joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. (b) the end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) the portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
15. (shipbuilding) the joint where two planks in a strake meet.
16. (carp.) 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.
17. (leather trade) the thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
18. the hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.butt chain (saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug.butt end. the thicker end of anything. see:
but end, under 2d but. amen; and make me die a good old man! that's the butt end of a mother's blessing.
19. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
20. The thicker end of anything.
21. See But.
22. A mark to be shot at; a target.
23. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
24. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
25. A thrust in fencing.
26. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
27. A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; also called butt joint.
28. The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
29. The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
30. The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
31. 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.
32. The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
33. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
34. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
35. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
36. A large cask or vessel for wine or beer.
37. It contains two hogsheads.
38. The common English flounder. thick end of the handle the small unused part of something a large cask a victim of ridicule or pranks to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way" place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints".
39. 1. Someone's butt is their bottom. Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
40. 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.
41. The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. = stub.
42. A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid.
43. If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them. He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins. = target.
44. 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.
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