butt

n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: {butt end}]

2: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {goat}, {laughingstock},

{stooge}]

3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks},

{arse}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hindquarters},

{hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear

end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie},

{tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]

4: an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: {target}]

5: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: {cigarette},

{cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {fag}]

6: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

[syn: {butt joint}]

7: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to

2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

8: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a

cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: {stub}]

v 1: lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." [syn: {border},

{adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {butt against}, {butt on}]

2: to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or

horns: "He butted his sister out of the way." [syn: {bunt}]

3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be

butted at the joints"