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- [buht]
- /bʌt/
- /bʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buht]
- /bʌt/
Definitions of butt word
- countable noun butt Someone's butt is their bottom. 3
- countable noun butt The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle. 3
- countable noun butt The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. 3
- countable noun butt A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid. 3
- singular noun butt If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them. 3
- verb butt If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head. 3
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Origin of butt
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English bott (thick) end, buttock, Old English butt tree stump (in place names); akin to Swedish but stump, Danish but stubby; cf. buttock
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Parts of speech for Butt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
butt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
butt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for butt
noun butt
- tush — tushie.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- bum — Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
verb butt
- barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
- bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- cut in — If you cut in on someone, you interrupt them when they are speaking.
- disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- interject — to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
Antonyms for butt
verb butt
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- pull — pull media
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
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