butt
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7.1
- noun
- /bʌt/
- The butt of the paintbrush is designed to fit comfortably in the hand.
- butt end
- rifle butt
- gun butt
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- He'd slipped it in his slack side pocket that day at the house, a rifle butt pounding the door.
Examples
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I put a special tape on the trigger and the butt.
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"Stand back, Brothers," Connelly ordered before using the steel-sheathed butt of his shotgun as a battering ram.
Fiction book (2001) -
And it fits into the butt of the gun, the back end of of the gun.
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Thumb and middle finger on the butt, hand it to me slowly.
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Light with your right hand here at the butt end and tighter where the bridge is.
Fiction book (1990) -
The other hand rested on the butt of a gun strapped to his waist.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now, it moved instead to the butt of a SkyForce-issue 12mm pistol.
Fiction book (1997) -
The soldier aimed carefully, placing his shoulder against the butt of the rifle.
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She gripped the butt of the shovel firmly as she began to dig.
Synonyms
2
7.4
The thicker end of something, often the handle of a tool
Idioms
- Informal
A funny phrase people say when they cannot believe something
- Informal
To embarrass yourself by doing something awkward in front of other people
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.9
The lower front of the body above the private area that looks rounded like a small hill
- Specialized
1
6.7
A connection of two pieces of wood or metal placed end to end without overlapping
- Offensive
1
9.9
A very small swimsuit or underwear with a thin strip of cloth between the buttocks
- Specialized
1
5.6
A metal joint set into the edge of a door and its frame to let the door open
- Specialized
1
6.5
A place where two pieces of metal are joined end to end along their edges
- Specialized
1
5.6
A way to join two metal pieces end to end by melting their ends into one flat joint
- Specialized
A way of joining two metal parts end to end by melting their ends together
- Specialized
A process that joins two metal pieces by melting their ends with electricity, often used for rails or pipes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Butt for the thick or base end comes from an old word meaning 'stump' or 'block', like a short, solid piece of wood. So the butt of a hammer or walking stick is the thick end or base you hold or rest on.