butt

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butt1

▶verb

• 1 hit with the head or horns.

• 2 (butt in) interrupt or intrude on a conversation or activity.

  ■ (butt out) N. Amer. informal stop interfering.

▶noun a rough push with the head.

– origin ME: from OFr. boter, of Gmc origin.

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butt2

▶noun

• 1 an object of criticism or ridicule.

• 2 an archery or shooting target or range.

  ■ a mound on or in front of which a target is set up for archery or shooting.

  ■ a grouse-shooter's stand.

– origin ME: from OFr. but, of unknown origin.

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butt3

▶noun

• 1 (also butt end) the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon.

  ■ the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another.

• 2 (also butt end) the stub of a cigar or a cigarette.

• 3 N. Amer. informal a person's bottom.

• 4 the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.

▶verb meet end to end: the shop butted up against the row of houses.

■ join (pieces of stone, timber, etc.) with the ends or sides flat against each other.

– phrases
butt naked informal completely naked.

– origin ME: the noun appar. rel. to Du. bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt2, reinforced by abut.

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butt4

▶noun

• 1 a cask used for wine, ale, or water.

• 2 US a liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons (equivalent to 477.5 litres).

– origin ME: from OFr. bot, from late L. buttis.