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# butt

noun (a butt, butts); verb (butt, butts, butted, butting)

«butt» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal, US; mildly rude) The bottom, the part you sit on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m1)
2. The thick end of a tool or gun; the end of a cigarette that is left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m2)
3. The butt of a joke: the person people laugh at. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m3)
4. (verb) To hit something with your head, like a goat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m4)
5. Butt in (informal): to interrupt rudely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m5)
6. A large barrel for water or wine: a water butt (UK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#m6)

### In the lessons

In everyday US talk butt is a mild word for bottom; it is said by children but not in formal writing. In science and farm stories, goats butt with their heads. In the UK, a water butt collects rainwater from the roof — a lesson on saving water. Phrases: butt in, the butt of the joke, butt heads, kick butt (slang).

### Examples

- He slipped and landed on his butt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x1)
- Please don't butt in when I'm talking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x2)
- The goat butted the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x3)
- He was always the butt of their jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x4)
- We use the water from the water butt for the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x5)
- The ground was covered in cigarette butts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x6)
- (slang) Our team is going to kick butt today! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x7)
- The Bull quietly addressed him: “Butt away as much as you will. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/#x8)

### Note

Do not confuse with but (a joining word): «I like it, but...». In the UK the common mild word is bum. Butt is not as rude as arse or ass, but avoid it in formal writing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «butt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«butt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/butt.html) on Mova free.