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butt en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • bŭt (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʌt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʊt/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Faroese buttur (“wooden block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot. PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn

Meanings

  1. (Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. ▸ The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
    • Get up off your butt and get to work.
  2. (Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. ▸ The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). ▸ The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
    • I can see your butt.
  3. (Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, colloquial, countable, metonymically) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. ▸ The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). ▸ Body; self.
    • Get your butt to the car.
    • We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.
  4. (countable, qualifier:leather trades) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. ▸ The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  5. (countable) The waste end of anything. ▸ A used cigarette.
    • I walked around, picking butts from the street. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 10, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:
  6. (countable) The waste end of anything. ▸ A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
    • c. 1850-1860, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, A New Law Dictionary and Glossary The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.
  7. (West-Country, countable, obsolete) The waste end of anything. ▸ Hassock.
  8. (US, countable) The waste end of anything. ▸ A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
  9. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
    • She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.
  10. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
  11. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
  12. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  13. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
  14. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ 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.
  15. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
  16. (countable, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
    • I put out my hand and felt the meat-chopper hanging to the wall. In a flash I was after him. [...] With one last touch of humanity I turned the blade back and struck him with the butt. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 231:
  17. (countable, dated, dialectal, possibly, qualifier:generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end. ▸ The direction from which the wind blows.
    • […] when the sun gets round to the butt of the wind, the change, if any is coming, is then to be expected. 1865, Arthur Kavanagh, The Cruise of the R.Y.S. Eva, page 62:
    • […] 'the butt' of the wind, the wind will increase or continue. When the sky is light and clear in 'the butt' of the wind, the wind will die away. A strong wind which changes round with the sun E to S to W (clockwise) will die away, and[…] 2013 April 16, G. W. Maunsell, The Fisherman's Vade Mecum - A Compendium of Precepts, Counsel, Knowledge and Experience in Most Matters Pertaining to Fishing for Trout, Sea Trout, S, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
  18. (countable) 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. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], line 267:
  19. (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. ▸ A mark to be shot at; a target.
    • To which is fixed, as an aim or butt[…] 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 186:
    • The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, / And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • archery butt
    • 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. 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 37:
  20. (as "butt of (a) joke", countable, usually) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. ▸ A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
    • I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. 1711 September 30 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, September 20, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 175; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
    • The man was one of the most conspicuously infamous sights in the imperial court, bred, as he had been, in a shoemaker's shop, of a deformed person and vulgar wit, originally introduced as a butt. 1876, Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Annals of Tacitus., translation of original by Cornelius Tacitus, page 300:
    • He's usually the butt of their jokes.
  21. (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. ▸ The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
  22. (countable, dialectal) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. ▸ The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
    • archery butt

Forms

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Deriveds

mud butt · buttlegging · butt-kicking · butt wink · Boston butt · buttlike · buttprint · butt chisel · butt buddy · monkeys might fly out of my butt · assbutt · butt cleavage · butt-slapping · ghetto butt · butt-rock · butt juice · butt plug · lazybutt · butt rider · futtock · butt-stinking · buttmunch · water-butt · butt bag · scumbutt · blackbutt · buttcrack · butt end · butt-chug · beer-butt chicken · buttlicker · crinklebutt · butt ugly · turdbutt · buttsore · butt-load · give someone butt cancer · butt stuff · buttlift · nip in the butt · butt fusion · buttmuncher · elevator butt · butter my butt and call me a biscuit · buttplay · bugly · buttface · butt chug · butt-woman · butt cheek · butthook · scuttle-butt · bussy · butt-cheek · show one's butt · bare-butt · on butt · kick butt · half but · butt floss · rain butt · butt burp · buttbuddy · bust one's butt · underbutt · my butt · butt crack of dawn · butt chin · spring a butt · on someone's butt · butt crack · diaperbutt · butt-naked · butt load · sit one's butt down · butt breath · butt naked · butter · butt-ton · butt job · buttheaded · fagbutt · dumbbutt · butt woman · buttslut · sackbutt · buttful · fatbutt · back-butt · butt spike · butt lover · butt-fucking · buttweld · buttfucker · butthole · butt in a sling · butt rock · butt lift · water butt · catbutt · butt-clenching · full butt · butt-hurt · butt-brush effect · buttkicker · buttass · dickbutt · butt pirate · butt-chin · butthead · buttstock · butt-weld · get one's butt somewhere · butter my butt and call it a biscuit · pain in the butt · buttplate · butt-ugly · buttbreath · butt virginity · butt call · butt-rape · someone's butt off · butt heads · hockey butt · work someone's butt off · butt hurt · butt-breath · butt room · Brazilian butt lift · buttlegger · butt chugger · butt-munching · chucklebutt · buttstroke · buttless · buttfuck · belfie · full-butt · suck butt · butt monkey · butt pad · bubble butt · cigar butt · butt cut · poofybutt · grid butt · butt dialing · think the sun shines out of someone's butt · eggbutt · stick up one's butt · barebutt · Buttswana · buttload · kick in the butt · Brazilian butt · buttsex · plumber's butt · butty · shit from a butt · lardbutt · butt and ben · front butt · butterbutt · monkey butt · kick someone's butt · butt sex · butt-huggers · buttcheck · outbutt · butt dial · kick up the butt · buttkisser

Synonyms

boot · heel · laughing stock · butt joint

Translations (379)

cmn 煙頭 /烟头 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi kroppa (slang: body; self) · be се́даўка (buttocks) · scn muzzuni (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · is rass (buttocks) · gl cacha (buttocks) · cs hýždě (buttocks) · is afturendi (buttocks) · sq byth (buttocks) · sv kolv (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · ms puntung rokok (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · no bak (buttocks) · ky сан (buttocks) · es pompi (buttocks) · ryu(buttocks) · de Arsch (buttocks) · et tagument (buttocks) · ja 吸殻 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · he תחת (buttocks) · sh gúza (buttocks) · fi raja (limit, bound, goal) · es trasero (buttocks) · izh pers (buttocks) · he טוסיק (buttocks) · ro chiștoc (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · az göt (buttocks) · io kulo (buttocks) · fi monttu (shooting: shelter for person attending targets) · be за́дніца (buttocks) · is sígarettustubbur (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · az dal (buttocks) · es chinga (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es calilla (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es culamen (buttocks) · fi päämäärä (limit, bound, goal) · ru торе́ц (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · hu célpont (target of ridicule) · ru рукоя́тка (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · smn pottâ (buttocks) · ca punta (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · no ræv (buttocks) · hy կճատ (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ca natja (buttocks) · sh zȁdnjica (buttocks) · sh гу̀зица (buttocks) · pt rabo (buttocks) · nn kolbe (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · de Gewehrkolben (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · fa کپل (buttocks) · fi perä (buttocks) · nl achterste (buttocks) · es chenca (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sk ohorok (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi tupakantumppi (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · gl traseiro (buttocks) · hu bütü (end of something, often distinguished from other end) · ka დუნდულა (buttocks) · kl eqqoq (buttocks) · tr kıç (buttocks) · ca burilla (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hu far (buttocks) · tl dulo (buttocks) · is stubbur (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · tk otyrýer (buttocks) · fi natsa (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · arz طيز (buttocks) · sw matako (buttocks) · vi đít (buttocks) · gl cabicha (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · et suitsukoni (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ca culata (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · vi mông (buttocks) · de Stummel (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · dsb kónjack (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · cs oharek (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es culo (buttocks) · mk газ (buttocks) · id bokong (buttocks) · es posaderas (buttocks) · ru сра́ка (buttocks) · ru по́па (buttocks) · yue 煙頭 /烟头 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sh ку̀ндак (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · az çəkinti (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · mi omeke (target of ridicule) · szl rzić (buttocks) · sma råvve (buttocks) · yi מושטיק (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sh kùndak (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · ru по́пка (buttocks) · mi kumu (buttocks) · ga buta (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · yue 囉柚 /啰柚 (buttocks) · pl skóra (slang: body; self) · ro pat (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · es gol (limit, bound, goal) · he ישבן (buttocks) · es ras (buttocks) · apw bikʼai dahncha (buttocks) · gd pèire (buttocks) · ka ტრაკი (buttocks) · ar مُؤَخَّرَة (buttocks) · ru оку́рок (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · bg ду́пе (buttocks) · li vot (buttocks) · de Gesäß (buttocks) · izh perä (buttocks) · ba күт (buttocks) · sh dȕpe (buttocks) · hu puskatus (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · sv ända (buttocks) · ab атаҳә (buttocks) · ga bun (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es poto (a crust end-piece of a loaf of bread) · km កន្ទុយបារី (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sv stjärt (buttocks) · ro fund (buttocks) · az sağrı (buttocks) · egy pH-w&y (buttocks) · be ду́па (buttocks) · th ก้น (buttocks) · nan-hbl 薰頭 /薰头 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · grc ὄρρος (buttocks) · yue 籮柚 /箩柚 (buttocks) · hy տուտուզ (buttocks) · sh гу́за (buttocks) · fi pehva (buttocks) · et istmik (buttocks) · fo rumpa (buttocks) · mk отпушок (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · de Zigarettenkippe (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · bg за́дник (buttocks) · uk сідни́ця (buttocks) · kea kadera (buttocks) · th ตูด (buttocks) · sv röv (buttocks) · yi תּחת (buttocks) · de Kolben (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · es nalgas (buttocks) · de Hintern (buttocks) · ab ташә (buttocks) · ga ula mhagaidh (target of ridicule) · sq bythë (buttocks) · th ก้นบุหรี่ (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fo rassur (buttocks) · da bagdel (buttocks) · sh опушак (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi perä (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · fr derrière (buttocks) · pl pet (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · se čurti (buttocks) · fr crosse (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · pt guimba (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ga dóigh magaidh (target of ridicule) · da skod (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · nl achterwerk (buttocks) · tl pwet (buttocks) · tr sokra (shipbuilding: joint) · fi tumppi (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · la clūnis (buttocks) · es nai (buttocks) · uk по́па (buttocks) · be се́дніца (buttocks) · es bacha (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fpe bàta (buttocks) · ms punggung (buttocks) · sl ogorek (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · tl tampulan (target of ridicule) · pl zadek (buttocks) · pt bunda (buttocks) · mk пикавец (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ja お尻 (buttocks) · uk жо́па (buttocks) · de Po (buttocks) · cs špaček (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fr mégot (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · cmn(buttocks) · el οπίσθια (buttocks) · kmr qopik (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · et pepu (buttocks) · ro patul puștii (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · fr cul (buttocks) · nb sneip (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi peppu (slang: pelvic region) · fi takapuoli (buttocks) · fi nuppi (cap in lacrosse stick) · fr crosse (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · it mozzicone (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hy քնթուկ (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · az kötük (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ta குண்டி (buttocks) · bg фас (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hu célpont (mark to be shot at) · ar عَقْب سِيجَارَة (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · haw ʻōkole (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · izh peppo (buttocks) · ga eala mhagaidh (target of ridicule) · tr kalça (buttocks) · fi maalitaulu (mark to be shot at) · cs pažba (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · sl zadnjica (buttocks) · yue 籮噼 /箩噼 (buttocks) · sh opušak (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · cmn 臀部 (buttocks) · hu csikk (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es poto (buttocks) · mi pōike (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · fi perä (end of something, often distinguished from other end) · fa سرین (buttocks) · tl upos (buttocks) · uz dumba (buttocks) · oc tafanari (buttocks) · gl nádega (buttocks) · yue 噼噼 (buttocks) · uk зад (buttocks) · pl niedopałek (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sk prdel (buttocks) · kk дүм (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · mi reke (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · fo reyv (buttocks) · id puntung (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hak 菸屎胐 /烟屎胐 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · atv кӧден (buttocks) · ro cur (buttocks) · cs nedopalek (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · af boude (buttocks) · et ahter (buttocks) · sma ravve (buttocks) · pt bumbum (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · apw bikʼai (buttocks) · ab аҳә (buttocks) · cmn 煙蒂 /烟蒂 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · et taguots (buttocks) · ru жо́па (buttocks) · lo ກົ້ນ (buttocks) · pim -sket (buttocks) · et tagumik (buttocks) · af stompie (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hi नितंब (buttocks) · lv izsmēķis (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ru зад (buttocks) · oc cuol (buttocks) · bg гъз (buttocks) · la cūlus (buttocks) · bg приклад (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · fa کون (buttocks) · alt кӧт (buttocks) · hu céltábla (target of ridicule) · gl cu (buttocks) · pl tyłek (buttocks) · fi peppu (buttocks) · es colilla (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · eo postaĵo (buttocks) · gd bun (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · pt coronha (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · da rumpe (buttocks) · cy stwmpyn (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi perä (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · ro muc (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es chiva (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · izh santukka (buttocks) · ru я́годицы (buttocks) · de Zigarettenstummel (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · tl manggo (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · sh gùzica (buttocks) · pt beata (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · it sedere (buttocks) · it culo (buttocks) · gv bun (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es chicote (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es ligado (limit, bound, goal) · fi takamus (buttocks) · pac adươr (buttocks) · yue 屎忽 (buttocks) · cs vajgl (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · az yancaq (buttocks) · fi naurunaihe (target of ridicule) · ko 담배꽁초 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · uk ду́па (buttocks) · fi piennar (unplowed piece of land) · sv rumpa (buttocks) · sk riť (buttocks) · ko 꽁초 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ru прикла́д (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · bo རྐུབ (buttocks) · nl peuk (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sh за̏дњица (buttocks) · ru бычо́к (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · el πισινός (buttocks) · be по́па (buttocks) · de Po (slang: body; self) · nl kont (buttocks) · no rumpe (buttocks) · nb kolbe (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · sv bak (buttocks) · ru за́дница (buttocks) · az yan (buttocks) · mk задник (buttocks) · nl reet (buttocks) · es pava (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · cmn 煙屁股 /烟屁股 (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es culata (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · cy bonyn (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · el ποπός (buttocks) · ta பிட்டம் (buttocks) · tl puwit (buttocks) · pt nádegas (buttocks) · uk недо́палок (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · kl nullut (buttocks) · pt traseiro (buttocks) · cmn 自身 (slang: body; self) · ko 엉덩이 (buttocks) · sv fimp (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hu céltábla (mark to be shot at) · hi कूल्हा (buttocks) · te పిరుదుల (buttocks) · be недаку́рак (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · he עכוז (buttocks) · fi pylly (buttocks) · fi peffa (buttocks) · ka უკანალი (buttocks) · fi takalisto (buttocks) · de Kippe (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es límite (limit, bound, goal) · haw ʻōkole (buttocks) · ckb قن (buttocks) · hy հետույք (buttocks) · wo meego (buttocks) · ru плечево́й упор (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · tl kulata (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · sk zadok (buttocks) · cs zadek (buttocks) · wrh bubul (buttocks) · el αποτσίγαρο (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · mk кундак (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · es pucho (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sh ду̏пе (buttocks) · yi אחור (buttocks) · yi אחוריים (buttocks) · et sigaretikoni (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · pt cu (buttocks) · ru то́лстый коне́ц (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · hy քամակ (buttocks) · da røv (buttocks) · cmn 屁股 (buttocks) · pt bituca (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es magalla (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · ga bun toitín (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sv stump (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · kmr boçik (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · es pompis (buttocks) · eo pugo (buttocks) · egy x*p:d-w-y- (buttocks) · yue 屎窟 (buttocks) · bg угарка (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · hu fenék (buttocks) · acw طيز (buttocks) · pt couce (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) · es bachicha (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · sms põtt (buttocks) · hy ծխուկ (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · tr izmarit (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · mn өгзөг (buttocks) · se bahta (buttocks) · sl rit (buttocks) · fi pylly (slang: pelvic region) · ga sprioc (mark to be shot at) · nan-hbl 尻川 (buttocks) · cs prdel (buttocks) · ta பொச்சு (buttocks) · hu ülep (buttocks) · it cicca (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · fi maali (mark to be shot at) · hsb kónčk (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) · pl kolba (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) · acw قعر (buttocks) · pl dupa (buttocks) · mn хонго (buttocks) · cy stwmp (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)

butt en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /bʌt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʊt/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Faroese buttur (“wooden block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot. PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn

Meanings

  1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
    • And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. 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 Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
    • In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2. 1878 November 8, C. Todd, “Observations at the Adelaide Observatory”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 39, number 1, page 18:

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butts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
butting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

callipygous (buttocks) · callipygian (buttocks) · dasypygal (buttocks)

butt en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • /bʊt/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, boter (“to push, butt, strike”), from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English bēatan (“to beat”). More at beat.

Meanings

  1. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
    • The handcuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.
    • Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.
    • Its noise attracted its outside mate, and the child gloried in its buzzing butts to get in. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 167:
  2. A thrust in fencing.
    • To prove who gave the fairer butt, / John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:

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Translations (14)

fi puskaisu (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · ro lovitură cu capul (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · hu öklelés (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · es topetada (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · fi pusku (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · ga tump (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · ro cap (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · te క్రుమ్ముడు (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · es topetazo (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · de Kopfstoß (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · fi pisto (thrust in fencing) · te కుమ్ముడు (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · it cornata (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt) · hu döfés (sudden blow from the head of an animal; headbutt)

butt en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • bŭt (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʌt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʊt/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, boter (“to push, butt, strike”), from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English bēatan (“to beat”). More at beat.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
    • Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. 1651, Henry Wotton, A Description of the Country's Recreations:
  2. (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
    • Rams butt at other males during mating season.
  3. (Canada, Eastern, intransitive, qualifier:parts of the northeastern US, transitive) To cut in line (in front of someone).
    • Teacher! He just butted me!
    • Additionally, kids are pinched, fondled, propositioned, and hit; and it all goes unseen amid the general confusion and nonspecific orders from the cafeteria supervisors who are yelling things like, "Keep it down, you people!" "No butting!" "Wait your turn, boys!" All of which sound as though there is law and order, just no actual justice to the victim. 2016, Chandler, Dan, Bullying in Plain Sight: How Inattentive Adults Encourage the School Bullies, Mustang, O.K.: Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC, →ISBN, page 45:

Forms

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butted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
butted Tense=Past lexicographic
butts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

butt set · butt worm · butt out · butt up · butt heads with · headbutt · head butt · buttinsky · head-butt · butt in

Translations (39)

tr toslamak ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · cy tolcio ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · da stange ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · fi puskea ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · cmn 頂 /顶 ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ltg badeit ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ota سوسمك ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · sv stånga ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ro lovi cu capul ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ru бода́ть ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · grc κυρίσσω ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · sq zbut ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · da støde ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · nrf bouter ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ro împunge ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · mi tuki ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ca tossar ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · te కుమ్ము ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · mn мөргөх ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · tr süsmek ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · sv stöta ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · hu bütüz ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · ro punge ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · bg блъскам с глава ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · es topetar ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ba һөҙөшөү ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · hu öklel ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ba һөҙөү ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · hu üt ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · ru бодну́ть ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · cy tolcio ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · hu döf ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · lv badīt ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · cy Welsh: pendolcio ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · mi tukituki ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · te క్రుమ్ము ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · hu öklelődzik ((intransitive) to strike bluntly with the head) · it cozzare ((transitive) to strike bluntly) · roa-gal bouéner ((transitive) to strike bluntly)

butt en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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  • /bʌt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /bʊt/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From late Middle English bote, but, butte (“wine cask”), of disputed origin. Probably (1) from Anglo-Norman but, from Old French bot (“barrel, wine-skin”), Late Latin buttis (“cask”); (2) alternatively, a later form of Middle English bitte, bit, butte (“leather bottle”), from Old English bytt, byt, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā, from Vulgar Latin *buttia and thus a doublet of boccia.

Meanings

  1. (taxonomic:English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
    • 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. – 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, page 205:
  2. 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[…] 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 121:

Forms

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Coordinates

puncheon · hogshead · rundlet · barrel · tun · tertian · tierce

Relateds

water butt · bottle · buttful · butler · buttload

Synonyms

pipe

Translations (8)

pt pipa (cask) · pt pipa (unit of volume) · gd togsaid (cask) · ga buta (cask) · ga buta (unit of volume) · hu hordó (cask) · ca bota (cask) · gd baraille (cask)

butt en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English but, butte, botte (“flounder; plaice; turbot”), possibly derived from sense 1 (“blunt end”), meaning "blunt-headed fish." Compare Dutch bot and the second element of English halibut. Cognate with West Frisian bot, German Low German Butt, German Butt, Butte, Swedish butta.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot.

Forms

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Deriveds

halibut

Translations (2)

de Butt (flatfish) · fi kampela (flatfish)

butt en · NOUN · etymology 5

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Etymology

Variant of putt.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, West-Country, dated) A heavy two-wheeled cart.
  2. (Ireland, West-Country, dated) A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

Forms

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Deriveds

buttload · ox-butt · gurry-butt · slide-butt

butt en · NOUN · etymology 6

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Originally apparently a less-desired cut, named either due to its often being packed in butts (“casks”) for storage and shipping, or from the use of butt to refer to "the larger or thicker end of something, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end" or "the waste end".

Meanings

  1. The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
    • Alternative choices for the shoulder butt oven roast: if you are buying the butt of pork then you must enjoy the flavour that you get only with the fattiet cuts of meat; consequently I suggest the boneless pork loin rib end. Apart from the butt, this wonderful piece of pork has the most fat […] 2003, Harry Jordan, Meat Harry: A Meat Lover's Guide to Buying and Preparing Beef, Pork, and Poultry, GeneralStore PublishingHouse, →ISBN, page 114:
    • Wrap the pork butt. Work quickly and purposefully to minimize the time the pork butt is out of the smoker. Place the pork butt in the center of a single 18 x 36-inch piece of foil. 2019 July 22, Chris Grove, The Offset Smoker Cookbook: Pitmaster Techniques and Mouthwatering Recipes for Authentic, Low-and-Slow BBQ, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 85:
    • Cut the foot off one inch above the joint, as this makes a much neater looking shoulder. The top third of the shoulder that was removed from the “California ham” is known as the shoulder butt. This piece is divided into lean butt ("Boston Butt") and fat butt ("Clear Plate") […] The lean butt makes an excellent roast. 1926, E. C. Johnson, Edward James Wilford, Ernest Newton Fergus, George Roberts, Henry Ernest Curtis, John B. Hutson, Oscar Bernard Jesness, William Durrett Nicholls, Man Labor, Horse Work and Materials Used in Producing Crops in Christian County, page 365:

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butt en · NOUN · etymology 7

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (Wales, colloquial) Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
    • 2025, Eleri Griffiths, Woman goes viral after delivery photo catches her in just a towel (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2p0n73zmro "He looks up, laughs as he sees the way I'm looking - soaking wet and in a towel - takes a full-blown picture, and just walks off. "I'm like, 'cheers butt'," she added.

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Synonyms

butty