plural butts
1
: buttocks
slipped and fell on his butt
—often used as a euphemism for ass in idiomatic expressionsGet your butt over here.
kick butt
saved our butts
2
: the large or thicker end part of something:
a
: the thicker or handle end of a tool or weapon
the butt of a rifle
b
food
: a marbled upper cut of the pork shoulder
called also Boston butt
c
: the base of a plant from which the roots spring
3
a
: an unused remainder (as of a cigarette or cigar)
b
slang
: cigarette
4
: the part of a hide or skin corresponding to the animal's back and sides
butted; butting; butts
: to strike or shove with the head or horns
got butted by a goat
butting their horns together
: to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns
: a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns
a head butt to the ribs
butted; butting; butts
: abut
—used with on or against
where the floorboards butt against each other
The apartment building butts up against an old church.
1
: to place end to end or side to side without overlapping
butt the boards together
2
: to trim or square off (something, such as a log) at the end
3
: to reduce (something, such as a cigarette) to an unused remainder by stubbing or stamping : to reduce to a butt (see butt entry 1 sense 3a)
1
: a large cask especially for wine, beer, or water
2
: any of various units of liquid capacity
especially
: a measure equal to 108 imperial (see imperial entry 1 sense 4) gallons (491 liters)
Examples of butt in a Sentence
Noun (1)
park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around
Noun (3)
the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes
usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit
Verb (2)
our property butts on a swamp
Noun (4)
a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Dog with a ‘wiggle butt’ has spent nearly 300 days in shelter.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
In a supporting document filed by Kalshi in the Nevada case in April, Kalshi head of markets Xavier Sottile noted how ErisX, a predecessor to the current sports prediction market craze, previously butted up against the impartial access issue.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Trevon’s going to work his butt off to get back.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Dog with a ‘wiggle butt’ has spent nearly 300 days in shelter.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Kizzi’s fate, drama-wise, is not in butting heads with people in her team, but in boatmance.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
In a supporting document filed by Kalshi in the Nevada case in April, Kalshi head of markets Xavier Sottile noted how ErisX, a predecessor to the current sports prediction market craze, previously butted up against the impartial access issue.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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butt
1 of 4 verb
: to strike or thrust with the head or horns
butt
2 of 4 noun
: a blow or thrust with the head or horns
butt
3 of 4 noun
: a person who is treated badly or is made fun of
the butt of a joke
butt
4 of 4 noun1
: buttock sense 2a
—often used in idiomatic expressions
saved our butts
get your butt over here
2
: the thicker or bottom end of something
the butt of a rifle
3
: an unused remainder
a cigarette butt
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