butting


butt 1

B0577100 (bŭt)v. butt·ed, butt·ing, butts v.tr. To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.v.intr.1. To hit or push something with the head or horns.2. To project forward or out.n. A push or blow with the head or horns.Phrasal Verbs: butt in1. To interfere or meddle in other people's affairs.2. To interrupt the conversation or activity of other people.3. To move into a line of people or things out of turn. butt out Slang To disengage from a matter involving another person.
[Middle English butten, from Old French bouter, to strike, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]
butt′er n.

butt 2

B0577100 (bŭt)tr. & intr.v. butt·ed, butt·ing, butts To join or be joined end to end; abut.n.1. A butt joint.2. A butt hinge.
[Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman butter (variant of Old French bouter; see butt1) and from but, end; see butt4.]

butt 3

B0577100 (bŭt)n.1. One that serves as an object of ridicule or contempt: I was the butt of their jokes.2. a. A target, as in archery or riflery.b. butts A target range.c. An obstacle behind a target for stopping the shot.3. An embankment or hollow used as a blind by hunters of wildfowl.4. a. Archaic A goal.b. Obsolete A bound; a limit.
[Middle English butte, target, from Old French, from but, goal, end, target; see butt4.]

butt 4

B0577100 (bŭt)n.1. The larger or thicker end of an object: the butt of a rifle.2. a. An unburned end, as of a cigarette.b. Informal A cigarette.3. A short or broken remnant; a stub.4. Informal The buttocks; the rear end.adv. Slang Very. Used as an intensive: butt ugly; butt expensive.
[Middle English butte, from Old French but, end, of Germanic origin.]

butt 5

B0577100 (bŭt)n.1. A large cask.2. A unit of volume equal to two hogsheads, usually the equivalent of 126 US gallons (about 477 liters).
[Middle English, from Old French boute, from Late Latin *buttia, variant of buttis.]