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单词 butt
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butt

verb
/bʌt/
/bʌt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they butt
/bʌt/
/bʌt/
he / she / it butts
/bʌts/
/bʌts/
past simple butted
/ˈbʌtɪd/
/ˈbʌtɪd/
past participle butted
/ˈbʌtɪd/
/ˈbʌtɪd/
-ing form butting
/ˈbʌtɪŋ/
/ˈbʌtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. butt somebody/something to hit or push somebody/something hard with your head
  2. butt somebody/something if an animal butts somebody/something, it hits them or it hard with its horns and head
  3. Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.

butt

noun
/bʌt/
/bʌt/
Idioms
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  1. the thick end of a weapon or tool
    • a rifle butt
  2. the part of a cigarette or cigar that is left after it has been smoked
    • an ashtray full of cigarette butts
  3. (British English) a large round container for storing or collecting liquids
    • a water butt
  4. (especially North American English, informal) the part of the body that you sit on synonym buttocks
    • Get off your butt and do some work!
    • Get your butt over here! (= Come here!)
  5. the act of hitting somebody with your head
    • a butt from his head
    see also headbutt
  6. Word Originnoun sense 5 Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin. to be the butt of something. Middle English (originally referring to an archery target or range): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground’. noun senses 1 to 2 and noun sense 4 late Middle English: apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock. noun sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis.
Idioms
be the butt of something
  1. to be the person or thing that other people often joke about or criticize synonym target
    • She was the butt of some very unkind jokes.
bust your butt/chops/hump (doing something/to do something) (North American English, informal)
(also bust a gut British and North American English, informal, bust your ass North American English, taboo, slang)
  1. (informal) to make a great effort to do something
    • These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
    • I busted my chops to get into law school.
    • It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
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a pain in the butt/ass (North American English also)
(British English also a pain in the arse/backside)
(also a pain in the neck)
  1. (informal) a person or thing that is very annoying
    • That man's a pain in the butt!
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