butt
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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shipbuilding
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Etymology: From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot.
 PIE word
 *bʰudʰmḗn
Inflected forms:
form: butts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: butts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: butting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: butted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: butted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Cumbria
Philippines
US
countable
slang
examples: Get up off your butt and get to work.
gloss: The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Cumbria
Philippines
US
countable
slang
examples: I can see your butt.
gloss: The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Cumbria
Philippines
US
countable
metonymically
slang
examples: Get your butt to the car.
We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.
gloss: The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The waste end of anything.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: I walked around, picking butts from the street.
gloss: The waste end of anything.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: c. 1850-1860, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.
gloss: The waste end of anything.
pos: noun
tags: West-Country
countable
obsolete
gloss: The waste end of anything.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I put out my hand and felt the meat-chopper hanging to the wall. In a flash I was after him. [...] With one last touch of humanity I turned the blade back and struck him with the butt.
gloss: An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
dialectal
possibly
examples: […] when the sun gets round to the butt of the wind, the change, if any is coming, is then to be expected.
[…] 'the butt' of the wind, the wind will increase or continue. When the sky is light and clear in 'the butt' of the wind, the wind will die away. A strong wind which changes round with the sun E to S to W (clockwise) will die away, and[…]
gloss: A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Here is my journey's end, here is my butt / And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.
gloss: A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: archery butt
To which is fixed, as an aim or butt[…]
The inhabitants of all cities and towns were ordered to make butts, and to keep them in repair, under a penalty of twenty shillings per month, and to exercise themselves in shooting at them on holidays.
The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, / And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes.
gloss: A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: He's usually the butt of their jokes.
I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart.
The man was one of the most conspicuously infamous sights in the imperial court, bred, as he had been, in a shoemaker's shop, of a deformed person and vulgar wit, originally introduced as a butt.
gloss: A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dialectal
examples: archery butt
gloss: To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
pos: verb
examples: And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground.
In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2.
Derived words: assbutt
back-butt
barebutt
bare-butt
beer-butt chicken
belfie
blackbutt
Boston butt
Brazilian butt
Brazilian butt lift
bubble butt
bugly
bussy
bust one's butt
butt and ben
buttass
butt bag
butt-breath
buttbreath
butt breath
butt-brush effect
buttbuddy
butt buddy
butt burp
butt call
buttcheck
butt-cheek
butt cheek
butt-chin
butt chin
butt chisel
butt-chug
butt chug
butt chugger
butt cleavage
butt-clenching
buttcrack
butt crack
butt crack of dawn
butt cut
butt dial
butt dialing
butt end
butter
butterbutt
butter my butt and call it a biscuit
butter my butt and call me a biscuit
buttface
butt floss
buttfuck
buttfucker
butt-fucking
buttful
butt fusion
butthead
buttheaded
butt heads
butthole
butthook
butt-huggers
butt hurt
butt-hurt
butt in a sling
butt job
butt juice
buttkicker
butt-kicking
buttkisser
buttlegger
buttlegging
buttless
buttlicker
butt lift
buttlift
buttlike
butt load
butt-load
buttload
butt lover
butt monkey
buttmunch
buttmuncher
butt-munching
butt-naked
butt naked
butt pad
butt pirate
buttplate
buttplay
butt plug
buttprint
butt-rape
butt rider
butt-rock
butt rock
butt room
butt sex
buttsex
butt-slapping
buttslut
buttsore
butt spike
butt-stinking
buttstock
buttstroke
butt stuff
Buttswana
butt-ton
butt ugly
butt-ugly
butt virginity
butt-weld
buttweld
butt wink
butt-woman
butt woman
butty
catbutt
chucklebutt
cigar butt
crinklebutt
diaperbutt
dickbutt
dumbbutt
elevator butt
fagbutt
fatbutt
front butt
full butt
full-butt
futtock
get one's butt somewhere
ghetto butt
give someone butt cancer
grid butt
half butt
head-butt
head butt
hockey butt
kick butt
kick in the butt
kick someone's butt
kick up the butt
lardbutt
lazybutt
monkey butt
monkeys might fly out of my butt
my butt
nip in the butt
on butt
outbutt
pain in the butt
plumber's butt
poofybutt
rain butt
sackbutt
scumbutt
scuttle-butt
shit from a butt
show one's butt
sit one's butt down
someone's butt off
spring a butt
stick up one's butt
suck butt
think the sun shines out of someone's butt
underbutt
water-butt
water butt
work someone's butt off
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: приклад
roman: priklad
lang: Czech
word: pažba
lang: Finnish
word: perä
lang: French
word: crosse
lang: German
word: Kolben
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻōkole
lang: Irish
word: buta
lang: Macedonian
word: кундак
roman: kundak
lang: Māori
word: pōike
lang: Māori
word: reke
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kolbe
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kolbe
lang: Polish
word: kolba
lang: Portuguese
word: bumbum
lang: Romanian
word: pat
lang: Romanian
word: patul puștii
lang: Russian
word: торе́ц
roman: toréc
lang: Russian
word: то́лстый коне́ц
roman: tólstyj konéc
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ку̀ндак
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kùndak
lang: Swedish
word: kolv
lang: Tagalog
word: kulata
lang: Tagalog
word: manggo
lang: Abkhaz
word: аҳә
roman: aḥʷ
lang: Abkhaz
word: атаҳә
roman: atʼaḥʷ
lang: Abkhaz
word: ташә
roman: tʼaŝʷ
lang: Afrikaans
word: boude
lang: Albanian
word: byth
lang: Albanian
word: bythë
lang: Northern Altai
word: кӧден
roman: köden
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӧт
roman: köt
lang: Western Apache
word: bikʼai
lang: Western Apache
word: bikʼai dahncha
lang: Arabic
word: مُؤَخَّرَة
roman: muʔaḵḵara
lang: Arabic
word: طيز
roman: ṭīz
lang: Arabic
word: قعر
roman: gaʕar
lang: Arabic
word: طيز
roman: ṭīz
lang: Armenian
word: հետույք
roman: hetuykʻ
lang: Armenian
word: տուտուզ
roman: tutuz
lang: Armenian
word: քամակ
roman: kʻamak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dal
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sağrı
lang: Bashkir
word: күт
roman: küt
lang: Belarusian
word: за́дніца
roman: zádnica
lang: Belarusian
word: се́дніца
roman: sjédnica
lang: Belarusian
word: се́даўка
roman: sjédawka
lang: Belarusian
word: по́па
roman: pópa
lang: Belarusian
word: ду́па
roman: dúpa
lang: Bulgarian
word: за́дник
roman: zádnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: гъз
roman: gǎz
lang: Bulgarian
word: ду́пе
roman: dúpe
lang: Catalan
word: natja
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 籮噼 /箩噼
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 噼噼
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 屎忽
roman: si² fat¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 屎窟
roman: si² fat¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 囉柚 /啰柚
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 籮柚 /箩柚
roman: lo¹ jau²
lang: Chinese
word: 尻川
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 屁股
roman: pìgu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臀部
roman: túnbù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 臀
roman: tún
lang: Czech
word: zadek
lang: Czech
word: hýždě
lang: Czech
word: prdel
lang: Danish
word: bagdel
lang: Danish
word: rumpe
lang: Danish
word: røv
lang: Dutch
word: kont
lang: Dutch
word: achterste
lang: Dutch
word: achterwerk
lang: Dutch
word: reet
lang: Egyptian
word: pH-w&y
roman: pḥwj m du
lang: Egyptian
word: x*p:d-w-y-
roman: ḫpdwj m du
lang: Esperanto
word: pugo
lang: Esperanto
word: postaĵo
lang: Estonian
word: tagumik
lang: Estonian
word: istmik
lang: Estonian
word: taguots
lang: Estonian
word: tagument
lang: Estonian
word: ahter
lang: Estonian
word: pepu
lang: Faroese
word: reyv
lang: Faroese
word: rumpa
lang: Faroese
word: rassur
lang: Finnish
word: takapuoli
lang: Finnish
word: takamus
lang: Finnish
word: peppu
lang: Finnish
word: pylly
lang: Finnish
word: perä
lang: Finnish
word: peffa
lang: Finnish
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lang: Finnish
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lang: French
word: cul
lang: French
word: derrière
lang: Galician
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lang: Galician
word: cacha
lang: Galician
word: cu
lang: Galician
word: traseiro
lang: Georgian
word: ტრაკი
roman: ṭraḳi
lang: Georgian
word: დუნდულა
roman: dundula
lang: Georgian
word: უკანალი
roman: uḳanali
lang: German
word: Arsch
lang: German
word: Gesäß
lang: German
word: Po
lang: German
word: Hintern
lang: Greek
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roman: popós
lang: Greek
word: πισινός
roman: pisinós
lang: Greek
word: οπίσθια
roman: opísthia
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὄρρος
roman: órrhos
lang: Greenlandic
word: nullut
lang: Greenlandic
word: eqqoq
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻōkole
lang: Hebrew
word: עכוז
roman: akuz
lang: Hebrew
word: תחת
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lang: Hebrew
word: ישבן
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lang: Hebrew
word: טוסיק
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lang: Hindi
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word: fenék
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lang: Hungarian
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lang: Icelandic
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lang: Icelandic
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lang: Ido
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lang: Indonesian
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word: perä
lang: Ingrian
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lang: Ingrian
word: santukka
lang: Ingrian
word: pers
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word: culo
lang: Italian
word: sedere
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word: お尻
roman: o-shiri
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: kadera
lang: Korean
word: 엉덩이
roman: eongdeong'i
lang: Central Kurdish
word: قن
roman: qin
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сан
roman: san
lang: Lao
word: ກົ້ນ
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lang: Latin
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lang: Latin
word: cūlus
lang: Limburgish
word: vot
lang: Macedonian
word: газ
roman: gaz
lang: Macedonian
word: задник
roman: zadnik
lang: Malay
word: punggung
lang: Māori
word: kumu
lang: Mongolian
word: өгзөг
roman: ögzög
lang: Mongolian
word: хонго
roman: xongo
lang: Norwegian
word: bak
lang: Norwegian
word: rumpe
lang: Norwegian
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lang: Occitan
word: cuol
lang: Occitan
word: tafanari
lang: Okinawan
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lang: Persian
word: سرین
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lang: Persian
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lang: Persian
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lang: Polish
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lang: Polish
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lang: Polish
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lang: Portuguese
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lang: Portuguese
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lang: Portuguese
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lang: Portuguese
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lang: Powhatan
word: -sket
lang: Romanian
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lang: Romanian
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lang: Russian
word: за́дница
roman: zádnica
lang: Russian
word: зад
roman: zad
lang: Russian
word: по́па
roman: pópa
lang: Russian
word: по́пка
roman: pópka
lang: Russian
word: я́годицы
roman: jágodicy
lang: Russian
word: жо́па
roman: žópa
lang: Russian
word: сра́ка
roman: sráka
lang: Inari-Sami
word: pottâ
lang: Northern Sami
word: čurti
lang: Northern Sami
word: bahta
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: põtt
lang: Southern Sami
word: ravve
lang: Southern Sami
word: råvve
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pèire
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ду̏пе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: гу̀зица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: гу́за
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: за̏дњица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dȕpe
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gùzica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gúza
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zȁdnjica
lang: Silesian
word: rzić
lang: Slovak
word: zadok
lang: Slovak
word: riť
lang: Slovak
word: prdel
lang: Slovene
word: rit
lang: Slovene
word: zadnjica
lang: Spanish
word: culo
lang: Spanish
word: culamen
lang: Spanish
word: nalgas
lang: Spanish
word: trasero
lang: Spanish
word: pompis
lang: Spanish
word: posaderas
lang: Spanish
word: poto
lang: Spanish
word: nai
lang: Spanish
word: ras
lang: Spanish
word: pompi
lang: Swahili
word: matako
lang: Swedish
word: bak
lang: Swedish
word: ända
lang: Swedish
word: stjärt
lang: Swedish
word: rumpa
lang: Swedish
word: röv
lang: Tagalog
word: pwet
lang: Tagalog
word: dulo
lang: Tagalog
word: upos
lang: Tagalog
word: puwit
lang: Tamil
word: பிட்டம்
roman: piṭṭam
lang: Tamil
word: குண்டி
roman: kuṇṭi
lang: Tamil
word: பொச்சு
roman: poccu
lang: Telugu
word: పిరుదుల
roman: pirudula
lang: Thai
word: ก้น
roman: gôn
lang: Thai
word: ตูด
roman: dtùut
lang: Tibetan
word: རྐུབ
roman: rkub
lang: Turkish
word: kıç
lang: Turkish
word: kalça
lang: Turkmen
word: otyrýer
lang: Ukrainian
word: сідни́ця
roman: sidnýcja
lang: Ukrainian
word: зад
roman: zad
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́па
roman: pópa
lang: Ukrainian
word: ду́па
roman: dúpa
lang: Ukrainian
word: жо́па
roman: žópa
lang: Uzbek
word: dumba
lang: Vietnamese
word: mông
lang: Vietnamese
word: đít
lang: Wiradjuri
word: bubul
lang: Wolof
word: meego
lang: Yiddish
word: תּחת
roman: tokhes
lang: Yiddish
word: אחור
roman: okher
lang: Yiddish
word: אחוריים
roman: akhoyrayim
lang: Finnish
word: perä
lang: Hungarian
word: bütü
lang: Finnish
word: nuppi
lang: Finnish
word: raja
lang: Finnish
word: päämäärä
lang: Spanish
word: límite
lang: Spanish
word: ligado
lang: Spanish
word: gol