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butt end en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The thick end of something.
    • With the butt end of an admonitory pencil he indicated the unopened trap. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
    • Then the X-Files being Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan with Isabella Rossellini lips And breath that reeked of vanilla Chig Champa Did a slo-mo Matrix descent out of the butt-end of the banana vessel And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw 2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool:
  2. (broadly) The bread heel.
  3. The windowless end of a building.
    • Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

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butt ends Number=Plur lexicographic

butt end en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To jab (a player) with the knob of a hockey stick (incurring a penalty).

Forms

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butt ends Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
butt ending Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
butt ended Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
butt ended Tense=Past lexicographic