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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  • A mark to be shot at; a target.
  • Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
  • A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
  • A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  • A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
  • A thrust in fencing.
  • A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
  • carpentry 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.
  • English units An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
  • leather trades The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  • mechanical A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; ? also called a butt joint.
  • shipbuilding The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
  • lacrosse The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to prevent injury.
  • West of England hassock.
  • slang A used cigarette.
  • slang Body; self.
  • slang The buttocks; used as a euphemism, less objectionable than arse/ass
  • slang The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
  • The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  • The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
  • The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but.
  • The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

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Verb:

  • To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.

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