butt
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/bΚt/
English
Definitions
noun
- The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
- The waste end of anything
- (generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
verb
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
noun
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.βBe careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt.β
- A thrust in fencing.
verb
- To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To strike bluntly with the head.βRams butt at other males during mating season.β
noun
- (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
noun
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
noun
- A heavy two-wheeled cart.
- A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.