butt
The buttocks or anusThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end.: The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
» I never tried to butt in.
Meaning
31 sensesThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end.
(Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable)The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
Get up off your butt and get to work.
The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
(Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, countable)The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
I can see your butt.
Arsch, Gesäß, Po
за́дницаzádnica, задzad, по́паpópa
сідни́цяsidnýcja, задzad, по́паpópa
(Canada, Cumbria, Philippines, US, colloquial, countable, metonymically)Body; self.
Get your butt to the car.
We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.
Po
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end.
(countable)The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
The waste end of anything.
(countable)A used cigarette.
(countable)A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
c. 1850-1860, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, A New Law Dictionary and Glossary The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
(US, countable)A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
(countable)The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.
Gewehrkolben
прикла́дpriklád, плечево́й упорplečevój upor, рукоя́ткаrukojátka
(countable)The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
(countable)The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
Stummel, Zigarettenstummel, Kippe
оку́рокokúrok, бычо́кbyčók
недо́палокnedópalok
(countable)The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
(countable)A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
Examples
218 sentencesI never tried to butt in.
Why do you always butt in?
ruПочему ты постоянно встреваешь?
Tom doesn't want Mary butting in.
There were soggy cigarette butts in the can.
deIn der Tonne waren feuchte Zigarettenstummel.
The cause of the fire was his cigarette butt.
ruПричиной пожара был его окурок.
deDie Ursache des Brandes war sein Zigarettenstummel.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
From Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, boter (“to push, butt, strike”), from Frankish *bautan (“to hit, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English bēatan (“to beat”). More at beat.
From late Middle English bote, but, butte (“wine cask”), of disputed origin. Probably (1) from Anglo-Norman but, from Old French bot (“barrel, wine-skin”), Late Latin buttis (“cask”); (2) alternatively, a later form of Middle English bitte, bit, butte (“leather bottle”), from Old English bytt, byt, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā, from Vulgar Latin *buttia and thus a doublet of boccia.
From Middle English but, butte, botte (“flounder; plaice; turbot”), possibly derived from sense 1 (“blunt end”), meaning "blunt-headed fish." Compare Dutch bot and the second element of English halibut.
Variant of putt.
Originally apparently a less-desired cut, named either due to its often being packed in butts (“casks”) for storage and shipping, or from the use of butt to refer to "the larger or thicker end of something, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end" or "the waste end".
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Forms
plural: buttsSynonyms
43 synonyms- thick end of the handle:butt end
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking):stub
- a victim of ridicule or pranks:goatlaughingstockstooge
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping:butt joint
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at:target
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking:cigarettecigaretcoffin nailfag