Definition/Meaning of butt

• English - Noun: butt (plural butts) (Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable) The large r or thick er end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end.: The buttock s or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse / ass ). Get up off your butt and get to work. (Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable) The whole buttock s and pelvic…
• English - Verb: butt (third-person singular simple present butts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut . 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English but , butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt , bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock ), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“ bottom ”), later thematic variant of…
• English - Pronunciation: (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bʌt/ (Northern England) IPA: /bʊt/ Rhymes: -ʌt Homophone: but Homophone: but Homophone: but Homophone: but Homophone: but
• English - Synonyms: boot heel butt joint laughing stock pipe butty