butt
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(verb) to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns: "He butted his sister out of the way." |
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Synonyms: bunt |
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Related Words: strike |
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(verb) place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints" |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(noun) thick end of the handle |
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Synonyms: butt end |
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Related Words: rifle butt, stock |
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(noun) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
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Synonyms: stub |
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Related Words: cigar butt, cigarette butt, part, portion, roach |
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(noun) a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) |
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Related Words: barrel, cask, water butt |
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(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks |
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Synonyms: goat, laughingstock, stooge |
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Related Words: April fool, dupe, victim |
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(noun) a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
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Synonyms: butt joint |
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Related Words: butt weld, fish joint, joint |
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(noun) an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at |
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Synonyms: target |
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Related Words: clay pigeon, sports equipment |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
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Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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Related Words: body part |
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(noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking |
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Synonyms: cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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Related Words: cubeb, cubeb cigarette, filtertipped cigarette, joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, roll of tobacco, smoke, stick |
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(verb) lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." |
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Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge |
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Related Words: adjoin, meet, neighbor, neighbour, touch |
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