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butts

/bʌts/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
  2. The waste end of anything
  3. (generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
  4. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  5. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
  6. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
  7. A thrust in fencing.
  8. To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
  9. To strike bluntly with the head.
  10. (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
  11. A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
  12. Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
  13. A heavy two-wheeled cart.
  14. A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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