butt

UK /bʌt/ US /bʌt/
noun 14verb 4name 3

Definitions

noun

1

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

Get up off your butt and get to work.

2

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

I can see your butt.

3

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

Get your butt to the car.

We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.

4

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

5

The waste end of anything.

I walked around, picking butts from the street.

verb

1

To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground.

In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2.

verb

1

To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.

Two harmless lambs are butting one the other.

2

To strike bluntly with the head.

Rams butt at other males during mating season.

3

To cut in line (in front of someone).

Teacher! He just butted me!

Additionally, kids are pinched, fondled, propositioned, and hit; and it all goes unseen amid the general confusion and nonspecific orders from the cafeteria supervisors who are yelling things like, "Keep it down, you people!" "No butting!" "Wait your turn, boys!" All of which sound as though there is law and order, just no actual justice to the victim.

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