butt

1. (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns: "He butted his sister out of the way."
Synonyms: bunt
Related Words: strike

2. (verb) place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

3. (noun) thick end of the handle
Synonyms: butt end
Related Words: rifle butt, stock

4. (noun) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Synonyms: stub
Related Words: cigar butt, cigarette butt, part, portion, roach

5. (noun) a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
Related Words: barrel, cask, water butt

6. (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks
Synonyms: goat, laughingstock, stooge
Related Words: April fool, dupe, victim

7. (noun) a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
Synonyms: butt joint
Related Words: butt weld, fish joint, joint

8. (noun) an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
Synonyms: target
Related Words: clay pigeon, sports equipment

9. (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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
Related Words: body part

10. (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Synonyms: cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
Related Words: cubeb, cubeb cigarette, filtertipped cigarette, joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, roll of tobacco, smoke, stick

11. (verb) lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S."
Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge
Related Words: adjoin, meet, neighbor, neighbour, touch



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