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Synonyms
butt1 (bŭt)

[Middle English butten, from Old French bouter, to strike, of Germanic origin.]

verb: butt·ed, butt·ing, butts. 

transitive verb 

To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.

intransitive verb 

  1. To hit or push something with the head or horns.
  2. To project forward or out.

noun 

A push or blow with the head or horns.

phrasal verbs

butt in
To interfere or meddle in other people's affairs.
butt out
To leave someone alone.
To leave; depart.

derivatives

butt́er
noun
butt2 (bŭt)

[Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman butter (variant of Old French bouter; see butt1), and from but, end; see butt4.]

tr. & intr.v.: butt·ed, butt·ing, butts. 

To join or be joined end to end; abut.

noun 

  1. A butt joint.
  2. A butt hinge.
butt3 (bŭt)

[Middle English butte, target, from Old French, from but, goal, end, target; see butt4.]

noun 

  1. One that serves as an object of ridicule or contempt: I was the butt of their jokes.
    1. A target, as in archery or riflery.
    2. butts. A target range.
    3. An obstacle behind a target for stopping the shot.
  3. An embankment or hollow used as a blind by hunters of wildfowl.
    1. Archaic A goal.
    2. Obsolete A bound; a limit.
butt4 (bŭt)

[Middle English butte, from Old French but, end, of Germanic origin.]

noun 

  1. The larger or thicker end of an object: the butt of a rifle.
    1. An unburned end, as of a cigarette.
    2. Informal A cigarette.
  3. A short or broken remnant; a stub.
  4. Informal The buttocks; the rear end.
butt5 (bŭt)

[Middle English, from Old French boute, from Late Latin* buttia, variant of buttis.]

noun 

  1. A large cask.
  2. A unit of volume equal to two hogsheads, usually the equivalent of 126 U.S. gallons (about 477 liters).