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butt

/bʌt/noun, verb1 syllable

Butt means: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Synonyms for butt51

noun, as in the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

buttocks, nates, arse, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear
and 13 more, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

noun, as in finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, fag

noun, as in a victim of ridicule or pranks

goat, laughingstock, stooge

noun, as in thick end of the handle

butt end

noun, as in sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

target

noun, as in a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

butt joint

noun, as in the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

stub

verb, as in lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt against, butt on

verb, as in to strike, thrust or shove against

bunt

also used for butt

boot, heel, laughing stock, pipe, butty

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What does butt mean?12

noun

1

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”

2

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

3

a victim of ridicule or pranks

4

thick end of the handle

5

sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

6

a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

7

the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

8

the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

9

a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

verb

1

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary“Canada adjoins the U.S.”

2

to strike, thrust or shove against“He butted his sister out of the way”

3

place end to end without overlapping“The frames must be butted at the joints”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with butt?12

one syllable

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two syllables

somewhatuncut
Show 40 near rhymes
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Butt in a sentence

  • Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!rul
  • When squeezing past someone, do you give them the butt or the crotch?soliloquist
  • An ant can bite an elephant's butt, but an elephant can't bite an ant's.sabretou
  • Yanni would scratch his butt one minute, then shake your hand the next minute.Amastan
  • Sheesh, you've even got cigarette butts scattered around.fcbond
  • Empty the ashtray, because it's full of cigarette butts.Lindoula
  • Ziri doesn't even know how to wipe his butt.Amastan
  • The one whose butt got burned has to sit on the blisters.Martha

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of butt

as a noun

plural
butts

as a verb

past tense
butted
present participle
butting
third-person singular
butts
past participle
butted