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butt

The correct spelling is butt.

How to pronounce butt

/bʌt/
noun

IPA: /bʌt/

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The correct spelling is butt. The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end For example: "Be careful in the pen, that ram can knock you down with a butt."

Usage Examples

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

Rams butt at other males during mating season.

Meanings

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

verb

  1. 1.To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
  2. 2.To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
  3. 3.To strike bluntly with the head.

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