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Butts

/bʌts/

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

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noun
  1. 1

    The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

  2. 2

    The waste end of anything

  3. 3

    (generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.

  4. 4

    A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

verb
  1. 1

    To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

noun
  1. 1

    A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.

    "Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt."

  2. 2

    A thrust in fencing.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.

  2. 2

    To strike bluntly with the head.

    "Rams butt at other males during mating season."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Butts"

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bumnoun(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
keisternoun(slang) The anus or buttocks.
bunsnoun(Canada, US, euphemistic, childish) The buttocks.
arsenoun(Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
stubnounA piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
rearnounThe back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
laughingstocknounAlternative spelling of laughing stock. [(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.]
pratnoun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person.
backsidenoun(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
rumpnounThe buttocks.
tushnoun(US, colloquial) The buttocks.
sternnoun(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
bottomnounThe lowest part of anything.
coffin nailnoun(slang) A cigarette.
cigarettenounA small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
posteriornoun(sometimes euphemistic, sometimes humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
goatnounAny hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
seatnounSomething to be sat upon.
assnoun(countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
edgenounAn advantage.

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