butt

Etymology 1
From, , from , and  (attested in diminutive 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬), from , from , from , later thematic variant of , perhaps from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Influenced by 🇨🇬,, ultimately from the same source. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, from the same root. Related to,.

Noun

 * 1)  The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
 * 2)  The buttocks or anus.
 * 3)  The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
 * 4)  Body; self.
 * 5)  The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
 * 6)  The waste end of anything.
 * 7)   A used cigarette.
 * 8) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
 * 9) * c. 1850-1860, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
 * The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.
 * 1)  Hassock.
 * 2)  A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
 * 3)  An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
 * 4) The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
 * 5)  The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
 * 6) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
 * 7) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
 * 8)  A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
 * 9)  A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
 * 10)  The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
 * 11) The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
 * 12)  A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
 * 13) A mark to be shot at; a target.
 * 14)   A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
 * 15) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1)  A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
 * 2)  The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
 * 3) The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
 * 4)  A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
 * 5) A mark to be shot at; a target.
 * 6)   A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
 * 7) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) A mark to be shot at; a target.
 * 2)   A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
 * 3) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1)   A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
 * 2) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
 * 1) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Usage notes

 * The word butt for "buttocks" is considered less vulgar than "arse or ass", but still not as polite as saying bottom or rear end.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: buta
 * Macedonian: кундак
 * Maori: pōike, reke
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kolbe
 * Nynorsk: kolbe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, patul puștii
 * Russian:, то́лстый коне́ц
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ку̀ндак
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kulata, manggo


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: byth,
 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: bikʼai, bikʼai dahncha
 * Arabic: مُؤَخَّرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: طيز
 * Hijazi Arabic: قعر, طيز
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:, sağrı
 * Bashkir: күт
 * Belarusian: за́дніца, се́дніца, се́даўка, по́па, ду́па
 * Bulgarian:, гъз , ду́пе
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 籮噼, 噼噼, 屎忽, 屎窟 , 囉柚, 籮柚
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: bagdel, rumpe,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Egyptian: ,
 * Esperanto:, postaĵo
 * Estonian: tagumik, istmik, taguots, tagument, ,
 * Faroese: reyv, rumpa, rassur
 * Finnish:, , , , , , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , , traseiro
 * Georgian: ტრაკი, დუნდულა, უკანალი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ὄρρος
 * Greenlandic: nullut, eqqoq
 * Hebrew:, , ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: perä, peppo, santukka, pers
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: kadera
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: قن
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: clūnis,
 * Limburgish:
 * Macedonian: газ, задник
 * Malay:
 * Maori: kumu
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Occitan: ,
 * Okinawan: 尻
 * Persian:, ,
 * Pichinglis: bàta
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,  ,  ,
 * Sami:
 * Inari: pottâ
 * Northern: čurti, bahta
 * Skolt: põtt
 * Southern: ravve, råvve
 * Scottish Gaelic: pèire
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ду̏пе, гу̀зица, гу́за, за̏дњица
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: zadok,, prdel
 * Slovene:, zadnjica
 * Spanish:, culamen, , , , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , , ,
 * Tagalog: pwet,, upos , puwit
 * Telugu: పిరుదుల
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: རྐུབ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: otyrýer
 * Ukrainian: сідни́ця, зад,, ду́па ,
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Wiradjuri: bubul
 * Wolof: meego
 * Yiddish: תּחת, אחור, אחוריים


 * Finnish: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:


 * Afrikaans: stompie
 * Arabic: عَقْب سِيجَارَة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: недаку́рак
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ก้นบุหรี่
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Hakka: 菸屎胐
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nedopalek,, ,
 * Danish: skod
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: sigaretikoni, suitsukoni
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , Zigarettenkippe
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: stubbur, sígarettustubbur
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: bun, bun toitín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: កន្ទុយបារី
 * Korean: 꽁초, 담배꽁초
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: izsmēķis
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: отпушок, пикавец
 * Malay: puntung rokok
 * Manx: bun
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, guimba,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bun
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: опушак
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: ohorok
 * Slovene: ogorek
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kónjack
 * Upper Sorbian: kónčk
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  chenca,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: недо́палок
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: stwmp, bonyn, stwmpyn


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Catalan: culata
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: (of a rifle),  (of a pistol)
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:


 * Finnish: naurunaihe
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: ula mhagaidh, dóigh magaidh, eala mhagaidh
 * Maori: omeke
 * Tagalog: tampulan


 * Finnish: monttu

Verb

 * 1) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

Etymology 2
From, from , , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
 * 2)  To strike bluntly with the head.
 * 3)  To cut in line (in front of someone).
 * 1)  To cut in line (in front of someone).
 * 1)  To cut in line (in front of someone).

Translations

 * Bashkir: һөҙөү
 * Bulgarian: блъскам с глава
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Gallo: bouéner
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κυρίσσω
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Latgalian: badeit
 * Latvian: badīt
 * Maori: tuki, tukituki
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: bouter
 * Romanian: lovi cu capul,, punge
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Welsh:


 * Bashkir: һөҙөшөү
 * Hungarian: öklelődzik,
 * Welsh:, * Welsh: pendolcio

Noun

 * 1) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
 * 2) A thrust in fencing.
 * 1) A thrust in fencing.
 * 1) A thrust in fencing.
 * 1) A thrust in fencing.

Translations

 * Finnish:, puskaisu
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: tump
 * Italian: cornata
 * Romanian: lovitură cu capul,
 * Spanish: topetazo,
 * Telugu: కుమ్ముడు, క్రుమ్ముడు


 * Finnish:



Etymology 3
From, , , , from , and  and other etymologies on this page, all from.

Noun

 * 1)  An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
 * 2)  A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
 * 1)  A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.

Related terms
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Translations

 * Irish: buta
 * Portuguese:


 * Catalan:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: buta
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: baraille, togsaid

Etymology 4
From, , , possibly derived from , meaning "blunt-headed fish." Compare 🇨🇬 and the second element of 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:

Noun

 * 1)  A heavy two-wheeled cart.
 * 2)  A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

Etymology 6
Originally apparently a less-desired cut, named either due to its often being packed in 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".

Noun

 * 1) The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) blunt
 * 2)  obtuse

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) blunt
 * 2)  obtuse