butt
1. thick end of the handle (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
butt end
• Hypernyms:
stock
• Hyponyms:
rifle butt
2. the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
• Hypernyms:
part, portion, component part, component, constituent
3. a victim of ridicule or pranks
• Syn:
goat, laughingstock, stooge
• Derivationally related forms:
stooge (for: stooge)
• Hypernyms:
victim, dupe
• Hyponyms:
April fool
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
• Syn:
buttocks, nates, arse, backside, bum,
buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
5. sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
• Syn:
target
• Hypernyms:
sports equipment
• Hyponyms:
clay pigeon
6. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper;
for smoking
• Syn:
cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, fag
• Hypernyms:
roll of tobacco, smoke
• Hyponyms:
cubeb, cubeb cigarette, filter-tipped cigarette, joint, marijuana cigarette,
reefer, stick, spliff
• Part Meronyms:
cigarette butt
7. a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
• Syn:
butt joint
• Hypernyms:
joint
• Hyponyms:
butt weld, butt-weld, fish joint
8. a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
• Hypernyms:
barrel, cask
• Hyponyms:
water butt
9. the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
• Syn:
stub
• Hypernyms:
part, portion
• Hyponyms:
cigar butt, cigarette butt, roach
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary (Freq. 3)
- Canada adjoins the U.S.
- England marches with Scotland
• Syn:
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march,
butt against, butt on
• Derivationally related forms:
march (for: march), abutment (for: abut), abutter (for: abut), edge (for: edge), edging (for: edge), border (for: border)
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
neighbor, neighbour
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. to strike, thrust or shove against (Freq. 2)
- He butted his sister out of the way
- The goat butted the hiker with his horns
• Syn:
bunt
• See Also:
butt against
• Derivationally related forms:
butter
• Hypernyms:
strike
• Hyponyms:
headbutt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The fighter managed to butt his opponent
3. place end to end without overlapping (Freq. 1)
- The frames must be butted at the joints
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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