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Meaning of 'butt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Butt [ n.]
- A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
- The common English flounder.
2 . Butt [ v. i.]
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]
3 . Butt [ v. t.]
- Alt. of But
- To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.

Meaning of 'butt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . butt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example in sentence:
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?;
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
2 . butt [ v]
Meaning (2):
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example in sentence:
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.;
  • England marches with Scotland
Meaning (3):
- to strike, thrust or shove against
Example in sentence:
  • He butted his sister out of the way;
  • The goat butted the hiker with his horns
Meaning (4):
- place end to end without overlapping
Example in sentence:
  • The frames must be butted at the joints

Nearby Words:

but but-thorn butane butcher butcher's broom butchered butchering butcherliness butcherly butchery

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