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butt

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. butt (verb)
  2. butt (verb)
  3. bottle-butted (adjective)
  4. churn-butted (adjective)
  5. swell-butted (adjective)
  6. butt in (verb)
  7. butt out (verb)

1butt

verb \ˈbət\

Definition of BUTT

intransitive verb
: to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns
transitive verb
: to strike or shove with the head or horns
— butt heads
: to come into conflict

Origin of BUTT

Middle English, from Anglo-French buter, boter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bōzan to beat — more at beat
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with BUTT

but, cut, glut, gut, hut, jut, mutt, nut, putt, rut, scut, shut, slut, smut, soot, strut, tut, ut, what

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