butt

  • 31butt — butt1 [bʌt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(cigarette)¦ 3 be the butt of something 4¦(gun)¦ 5 get your butt in/out/over etc 6 work/play etc your butt off 7¦(container)¦ 8¦(hitting with your head)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 4 6; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32butt — butt1 [ bʌt ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL the part of your body that you sit on: BOTTOM: They ought to get off their butts and go back to work. a pain in the butt: That old computer is a pain in the butt! => KICK1 2. ) the part of a cigarette or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33butt — [[t]bʌ̱t[/t]] butts, butting, butted 1) N COUNT Someone s butt is their bottom. [AM, INFORMAL, RUDE] Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt. 2) N COUNT: oft n N, N of n The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle …

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  • 34butt — I UK [bʌt] / US noun [countable] Word forms butt : singular butt plural butts 1) a) the part of a cigarette or cigar that is left after you have finished smoking it b) the end of the handle of a gun or tool He was hit over the head with a rifle… …

    English dictionary

  • 35butt — I. /bʌt / (say but) noun 1. the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end, as of a rifle, fishing rod, whip handle, arrow, log, etc. 2. an end which is not used up: a cigarette butt. 3. Colloquial the buttocks;… …

  • 36butt in — verb break into a conversation her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation • Syn: ↑chime in, ↑cut in, ↑put in, ↑chisel in, ↑barge in, ↑break in • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 37Butt — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Butt », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Butt est un nom de famille notamment porté… …

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  • 38butt — There are no fewer than four distinct words butt in English. The oldest, ‘hit with the head’ [12], comes via Anglo Norman buter from Old French boter. This can be traced back through Vulgar Latin *bottāre ‘thrust’ (source of English button) to a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39butt — There are no fewer than four distinct words butt in English. The oldest, ‘hit with the head’ [12], comes via Anglo Norman buter from Old French boter. This can be traced back through Vulgar Latin *bottāre ‘thrust’ (source of English button) to a… …

    Word origins

  • 40butt — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. push with the head or horns. 2 a intr. (usu. foll. by against, upon) come with one end flat against, meet end to end with, abut. b tr. (usu. foll. by against) place (timber etc.) with the end flat against a wall etc. n …

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