HOW TO PRONOUNCE
butt
/bʌt/
Press play to hear how to pronounce butt.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does butt mean?
noun
- 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.
- Body; self.
More meanings (35)
noun
- The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- A used cigarette.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- 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.
- The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- A thrust in fencing.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
- (obsolete) Hassock.
- (dated) The direction from which the wind blows.
- (dated) A heavy two-wheeled cart.
- (dated) A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
verb
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To strike bluntly with the head.
- To cut in line (in front of someone).
proper noun
- A surname from English.
- A surname from German.
- A surname from Kashmiri.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/bʌt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Then he pushed the bushes apart with his right arm and entered, his left hand on the butt of his favorite revolver.
She could make a butt of Fred when he was present, but she did not enjoy his follies when he was absent.
More book examples (3)
Two wisps of straight rye straw are secured and laid upon the frame, with the butt ends outward and the heads overlapping.
For salmon, Barker uses a rod ten feet in the butt, 'that will carry a top of six foot pretty stiffe and strong.'
With all the brakes shrieking on your desire to shut your eyes and heave a mighty heave, you depress your butt and strike.