1.  butt(n = noun.artifact) butt end - thick end of the handle;
is a kind of stock
has particulars: rifle butt

2.  butt(n = noun.plant) - the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots;
is a kind of component, component part, constituent, part, portion

3.  butt(n = noun.person) goat, laughingstock, stooge - a victim of ridicule or pranks;
is a kind of dupe, victim
has particulars: april fool

4.  butt(n = noun.body) arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
is a kind of body part
is a part of body, torso, trunk

5.  butt(n = noun.artifact) target - sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at;
is a kind of sports equipment
has particulars: clay pigeon

6.  butt(n = noun.artifact) cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking;
is a kind of roll of tobacco, smoke
has parts: cigarette butt
has particulars: cubeb, cubeb cigarette, filter-tipped cigarette, joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick

7.  butt(n = noun.artifact) butt joint - a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping;
is a kind of joint
has particulars: butt-weld, butt weld, fish joint
Derived forms verb butt₁, verb butt₃

8.  butt(n = noun.artifact) - a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons);
is a kind of barrel, cask
has particulars: water butt

9.  butt(n = noun.artifact) stub - the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking);
is a kind of part, portion
has particulars: cigar butt, cigarette butt, roach

1.  butt(v = verb.contact) abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
is one way to adjoin, contact, meet, touch
Derived form noun butt₇
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  butt(v = verb.contact) bunt - to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
is one way to strike
Derived form noun butter₂
Sample sentences: The fighter managed to butt his opponent

3.  butt(v = verb.contact) - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Derived form noun butt₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. [1913 Webster]
" As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal." [1913 Webster]
"Here is my journey's end, here my butt
And very sea mark of my utmost sail." [1913 Webster]

2.  The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but. See 2nd but, n. sense 2. [1913 Webster]

3.  A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
"The groom his fellow groom at butts defies,
And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes." [1913 Webster]

4.  A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. [1913 Webster]
"I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart." [1913 Webster]

5.  A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. [1913 Webster]

6.  A thrust in fencing. [1913 Webster]
"To prove who gave the fairer butt,
John shows the chalk on Robert's coat." [1913 Webster]

7.  A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. [1913 Webster]
"The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields." [1913 Webster]

8.  A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. [1913 Webster]

9.  The joint where two planks in a strake meet. [1913 Webster]

10.  A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge. [1913 Webster]

11.  The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. [1913 Webster]

12.  The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. [1913 Webster]

13.  The buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work; -- used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass. [PJC]
"Amen; and make me die a good old man!
That's the butt end of a mother's blessing." [1913 Webster]

1.  To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [1913 Webster]
"And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground." [1913 Webster]

2.  To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] [1913 Webster]
"A snow-white steer before thine altar led,
Butts with his threatening brows." [1913 Webster]

   To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. [1913 Webster]
"Two harmless lambs are butting one the other." [1913 Webster]

   A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads. [1913 Webster]
" A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about 110 imperial gallons)." [1913 Webster]

   The common English flounder. [1913 Webster]

butt, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. push with the head or horns.
2 a intr. (usu. foll. by against, upon) come with one end flat against, meet end to end with, abut. b tr. (usu. foll. by against) place (timber etc.) with the end flat against a wall etc.
--n.
1 a push with the head.
2 a join of two edges.

Idiom:
butt in interrupt, meddle.

butt, n.
1 (often foll. by of) an object (of ridicule etc.) (the butt of his jokes; made him their butt).
2 a a mound behind a target. b (in pl.) a shooting-range. c a target.
3 a grouse-shooter's stand screened by low turf or a stone wall.

butt, n.
1 (also butt-end) the thicker end, esp. of a tool or a weapon (gun butt).
2 a the stub of a cigar or a cigarette. b (also butt-end) a remnant (the butt of the evening).
3 esp. US sl. the buttocks.
4 (also butt-end) the square end of a plank meeting a similar end.
5 the trunk of a tree, esp. the part just above the ground.

Idiom:
butt weld a weld in which the pieces are joined end to end.

butt, n. a cask, esp. as a measure of wine or ale.

butt, n. a flat-fish (e.g. a sole, plaice, or turbot).

Etymology:
MLG, MDu. but flat-fish

N  intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, the be all and the end all, drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology, intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.

VB  attack, assault, assail, invade, set upon, fall upon, charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists, assume the offensive, take the offensive, be the aggressor, become the aggressor, strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at, lift a hand against, draw the sword against, take up the cudgels, advance against, march against, march upon, harry, come on, show fight, strike at, poke at, thrust at, aim a blow at, deal a blow at, give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick, have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at, be down upon, pounce upon, fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against, bait, slap on the face, make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at, bear down upon, close with, come to close quarters, bring to bay, ride full tilt against, attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs, let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at, make a dash, make a rush at, strike home, drive one hard, press one hard, be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of, lay about one, run amuck, aim at, draw a bead on, fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at, shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at, open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into, fire a volley, fire red-hot shot, spring a mine, throw a stone, throw stones at, stone, lapidate, pelt, hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of, rock beset, besiege, beleaguer, lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine, storm, board, scale the walls, cut and thrust, bayonet, butt, kick, strike, whip, assail, impugn, malign (detract), bomb, rocket, blast.

N  laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock, butt, game, fair game, April fool, original, oddity, queer fish, odd fish, quiz, square toes, old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey, buffoon, pantomimist, schlemiel, jest, dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt.

N  receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.

VB  flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

butt against, butt end, butt hinge, butt in, butt joint, butt on, butt pack, butt shaft, butt weld, butt welding, cigar butt, cigarette butt, flash butt welding, kick in the butt, rifle butt, water butt