请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 butts
释义

butt

1 of 6

noun (1)

ˈbət How to pronounce butt (audio)
1
: buttocks
slipped and fell on his butt
often used as a euphemism for ass in idiomatic expressions
Get your butt over here.kick buttsaved 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 lean upper cut of the pork shoulder
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

butt

2 of 6

noun (2)

1
: an object of abuse or ridicule : victim
the butt of all their jokes
2
a
: target
b
butts plural : range sense 5c
shooting butts
c
: a blind for shooting birds
d
: a backstop (such as a mound or bank) for catching missiles shot at a target
3
a
archaic : goal
here is my journey's end, here is my butt William Shakespeare
b
obsolete : limit, bound

butt

3 of 6

verb (1)

butted; butting; butts

transitive verb

: to strike or shove with the head or horns
got butted by a goat
butting their horns together

intransitive verb

: to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns

butt

4 of 6

noun (3)

: a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns
a head butt to the ribs

butt

5 of 6

verb (2)

butted; butting; butts

intransitive verb

: abut
used with on or against
where the floorboards butt against each otherThe apartment building butts up against an old church.

transitive verb

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)

butt

6 of 6

noun (4)

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)
Phrases
butt heads
: to come into conflict

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • backside
  • behind
  • booty [slang]
  • bootie
  • bottom
  • breech
  • bum
  • buns
  • buttocks
  • caboose
  • can
  • cheeks
  • derriere
  • derrière
  • duff
  • fanny
  • fundament
  • hams
  • haunches
  • heinie [slang]
  • hunkers
  • keister [slang]
  • keester
  • nates
  • posterior
  • rear
  • rear end
  • rump
  • seat
  • tail
  • tail end
  • tush [slang]

Noun (3)

  • derision
  • jest
  • joke
  • laughingstock
  • mark
  • mock
  • mockery
  • sport
  • target

Verb (2)

  • abut
  • adjoin
  • border (on)
  • flank
  • fringe
  • join
  • march (with)
  • neighbor
  • skirt
  • touch
  • verge (on)

Noun (4)

  • barrel
  • cask
  • firkin
  • hogshead
  • keg
  • kilderkin
  • pipe
  • puncheon
  • rundlet
  • runlet
  • tun
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English; probably akin to Middle English buttok buttock, Low German butt blunt

Noun (2)

Middle English, partly from Middle French but target, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse būtr log, Low German butt blunt; partly from Middle French bute goal, target, mound, from but target

Verb (1) and Noun (3)

Middle English, from Anglo-French buter, boter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bōzan to beat — more at beat

Verb (2)

partly from butt entry 1, partly from butt entry 2

Noun (4)

Middle English, from Anglo-French but, bout, from Old Occitan bota, from Late Latin buttis

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d

Verb (1)

1579, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (3)

1642, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1634, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (4)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

butt 1 of 4

noun

ˈbət How to pronounce butt (audio)
: a target of ridicule or hurtful humor
He became the butt of their jokes.

butt

2 of 4

noun

1
: the part of the body on which a person sits
2
: the thicker or bottom end of something
the butt of a rifle
3
: an unused remainder
a cigarette butt

butt

3 of 4

verb

butted; butting
: to strike or thrust with the head or horns

butt

4 of 4

noun

: a blow or thrust with the head or horns

butts 1 of 4

noun (1)

plural of butt
as in bums
the part of the body upon which someone sits park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • bums
  • cheeks
  • seats
  • tails
  • rumps
  • behinds
  • fannies
  • backsides
  • posteriors
  • buttocks
  • tushes
  • heinies
  • buns
  • derrieres
  • bottoms
  • haunches
  • keisters
  • duffs
  • rears
  • hams
  • cans
  • derrières
  • breeches
  • booties
  • hunkers
  • cabooses
  • nates
  • rear ends
  • tail ends
  • beams
  • fundaments
  • sterns
  • keesters
  • moons

butts

2 of 4

noun (2)

plural of butt
1
as in jokes
a person or thing that is made fun of the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • jokes
  • targets
  • fools
  • pigeons
  • sports
  • monkeys
  • suckers
  • victims
  • laughingstocks
  • jests
  • chumps
  • mocks
  • marks
  • gulls
  • derisions
  • mockeries
  • dupes
  • saps
  • fall guys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pets
  • favorites
  • darlings
2
as in targets
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • targets
  • victims
  • prey
  • sitting ducks
  • goats
  • laughingstocks
  • preys
  • marks
  • lightning rods
  • scapegoats
  • fall guys
  • mockeries
  • whipping boys
  • pilgarlics

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • troublemakers
  • gossips
  • tattlers
  • tattletales
  • gossipers
  • tormentors
  • tormenters
  • ribbers
  • talebearers
  • torturers
  • needlers
  • hecklers
  • baiters
  • defamers
  • traducers
  • mockers
  • libelers
  • taunters
  • teasers
  • teases
  • scorners
  • insulters
  • deriders
  • satirists
  • scoffers
  • parodists
  • caricaturists
  • libelists
  • lampooners
  • ridiculers
See More

butts

3 of 4

noun (3)

plural of butt
as in barrels
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • barrels
  • pipes
  • kegs
  • hogsheads
  • casks
  • puncheons
  • firkins
  • tuns
  • tubs
  • drums
  • rundlets
  • vats
  • kilderkins
  • cisterns
  • runlets
  • cans
  • scuttlebutt

butts

4 of 4

verb

present tense third-person singular of butt
as in knees

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • knees
  • kicks
  • bumps
  • jabs
  • flicks
  • shoves
  • taps
  • pokes
  • stamps
  • jostles
  • pushes
  • prods
  • bunts
  • chops
  • decks
  • floors
  • strokes
  • creams
  • knocks down
  • dumps
  • peppers
  • pelts
  • spears
  • licks
  • boxes
  • bungs
  • slugs
  • levels
  • scuffs
  • cuffs
  • clubs
  • socks
  • brains
  • skulls
  • canes
  • sledgehammers
  • belts
  • fells
  • punches
  • whales
  • pommels
  • claps
  • whips
  • bangs
  • pounds
  • busts
  • beans
  • clips
  • mauls
  • laces
  • cudgels
  • hammers
  • bats
  • thwacks
  • pummels
  • bowls (down or over)
  • slaps
  • buffets
  • clocks
  • sucker punches
  • sledges
  • smacks
  • clouts
  • lashes
  • thumps
  • raps
  • hits
  • knocks
  • nails
  • swats
  • cracks
  • batters
  • biffs
  • roughs
  • whacks
  • bonks
  • bobs
  • rabbit-punches
  • conks
  • bludgeons
  • stabs
  • saps
  • flogs
  • switches
  • flails
  • tags
  • slashes
  • mangles
  • wallops
  • bops
  • bashes
  • beats
  • slams
  • drubs
  • thrashes
  • smites
  • swipes
  • zaps
  • lambastes
  • pastes
  • clobbers
  • lambasts
  • strikes
  • slogs
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 22:38:41