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Meaning of butt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  butt
      n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: {butt}, {butt end}]
      2: the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part
         of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
      3: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {butt}, {goat},
         {laughingstock}, {stooge}]
      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}, {butt}, {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}]
      5: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a
         marksman or archer to aim at [syn: {target}, {butt}]
      6: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn:
         {cigarette}, {cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {butt}, {fag}]
      7: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
         [syn: {butt joint}, {butt}]
      8: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2
         hogsheads or 126 gallons)
      9: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a
         cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: {butt}, {stub}]
      v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada
           adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn:
           {border}, {adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {march}, {butt}, {butt
           against}, {butt on}]
      2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out
         of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn:
         {butt}, {bunt}]
      3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be
         butted at the joints"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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