butt
butt /b'ʌt/ (butts butting butted)
1 [N-COUNT]
Someone's butt is their bottom. (AM INFORMAL)
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N, N of n
The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle.
Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests...
3 [N-COUNT] oft n N, N of n
The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it.
= stub
4 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid.
5 [N-SING] usu the N of n
If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them.
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
= target
6 [VERB] V n, also V n prep
If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head.
Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him.
7
see also head-butt, water buttbutt in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P with quote, also V P on n
If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
Sorry, I don't mean to butt in...
`I should think not,' Sarah butted in.
= interruptciga|rette butt (cigarette butts)
in BRIT, also use cigarette end
[N-COUNT]
A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
= butt, stubwa|ter butt (water butts)
[N-COUNT]
A water butt is a large barrel for collecting rain as it flows off a roof. (BRIT; in AM, use rain barrel)
1 [N-COUNT]
Someone's butt is their bottom. (AM INFORMAL)
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N, N of n
The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle.
Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests...
3 [N-COUNT] oft n N, N of n
The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it.
= stub
4 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid.
5 [N-SING] usu the N of n
If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them.
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
= target
6 [VERB] V n, also V n prep
If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head.
Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him.
7
see also head-butt, water buttbutt in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P with quote, also V P on n
If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
Sorry, I don't mean to butt in...
`I should think not,' Sarah butted in.
= interruptciga|rette butt (cigarette butts)
in BRIT, also use cigarette end
[N-COUNT]
A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
= butt, stubwa|ter butt (water butts)
[N-COUNT]
A water butt is a large barrel for collecting rain as it flows off a roof. (BRIT; in AM, use rain barrel)