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   butt

   /bət/

   noun

   • 1. the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon: "a rifle butt" Similar stockshaftshankendhandlehilthaftgriphelve
   • ▪ the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another, as in the side of a ship: "a butt joint"
   • ▪ the thicker or hinder end of a hide used for leather.
   • 2. the stub of a cigar or a cigarette: "the ashtray was crammed with cigarette butts" Similar stubendtail endstumpremnantremainsremainderinformal:fag enddog end
   • 3. the buttocks or anus: informal North American "I was being paid to sit on my butt and watch television" Similar buttocksbottomcheekshindquartershaunchesrearrumprear endbacksideseatderrièreSitzfleischtechnical:natesinformal:behindsit-uponsternBTMtochusrusty dustybumbottypratjacksiebahookiefannytushtushietailduffbunsbootycabooseheiniepatootiekeistertuchisbazoobippybattyrasshumorous:fundamentposteriorvulgar slang:arseclungeassarchaic:breech
   • 4. the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.

   verb

   • 1. adjoin or meet end to end: "the church butted up against the row of houses"
   • ▪ join (pieces of stone, lumber, and other building materials) with the ends or sides flat against each other: "the floorboards will be butted up against each other to make tight seams"

   Word Origin late Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt2, reinforced by abut.

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   the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol. an end that is not used or consumed; remnant: a cigar butt.

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   Butt is a four-letter word, though using it won't get you in much trouble — It's much less offensive than ass. It also has plenty of other meanings, like butting into a conversation (interrupting it) or the butt of a gun (the thick end).

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