English Dictionary

butt

/bʌt/

noun

(Canada, US, Philippines, slang) The buttocks (used as a euphemism in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).

She slipped and fell on her butt.

意味（1）

(Canada, US, Philippines, slang) The buttocks (used as a euphemism in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).

Get up off your butt and get to work.

意味（2）

(leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

意味（3）

(slang) A used cigarette.

I walked around, picking butts from the street.

意味（4）

A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields.

意味（5）

(obsolete, West Country) Hassock.

意味（6）

The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.

She was hit in the face with the butt of a shotgun.

意味（7）

(lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.

意味（8）

The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

意味（9）

The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

意味（10）

(mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.

意味（11）

(carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

意味（12）

(shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

意味（13）

The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.

I put out my hand and felt the meat-chopper hanging to the wall. In a flash I was after him. … With one last touch of humanity I turned the blade back and struck him with the butt.

意味（14）

A mark to be shot at; a target.

To which is fixed, as an aim or butt[…]

意味（15）

(usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.

He's usually the butt of their jokes.

意味（16）

The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.