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Butt
01
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Informal
Examples
He slipped on the ice and landed right on his butt.
03
thick end of the handle
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
butts
04
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
05
a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
06
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
07
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
08
a person who is the target of ridicule or pranks
Examples
His constant mistakes made him the butt of office jokes.
09
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
to butt
01
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
butt
3rd person singular
butts
Present participle
butting
Past simple
butted
Past participle
butted
02
to strike, thrust or shove against
03
place end to end without overlapping
Lexical Tree
buttery
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