as in backside
the part of the body upon which someone sits
park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around
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as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes
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as in target
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit
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as in to kick
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Recent Examples of butt
Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
The farm animals turn back into humans after kicking alien butt.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
And the group wants to do something about the noise and parties that have long caused students, community members and the university to butt heads on potential solutions.
—Samuel O'Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Somewhere in a rotting log in Okinawa, two wingless roaches are guarding their nest together, bumping intruders with their butts.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
The farm animals turn back into humans after kicking alien butt.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
That’s not to say the athletes and technicians don’t stubbornly butt heads from time to time.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
And the group wants to do something about the noise and parties that have long caused students, community members and the university to butt heads on potential solutions.
—Samuel O'Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt
Verb
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The pair stabbed him in the back with an unidentified sharp object and doused him in pepper spray, before punching and kicking him in the face, police said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Not bad for a manager who was written off by plenty of us before a ball had been kicked.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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If the sun does manage to come out, that will help us out and help bump highs into the lower 60s.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Three Georgia State Patrol troopers who intentionally bumped vehicles or performed other maneuvers to stop vehicles during pursuits sought payouts afterward from the other driver's insurance, claiming personal injuries to supplement their paychecks, an internal investigation found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Clarke shoved O’Connor at least once.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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Especially if the players in front of Oettinger insist on having the game shoved down every orifice of their body.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2026
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While much of the world’s economy has shown resilience in the face of the worst disruption to energy supplies in modern times, the knock-on effects of the conflict are starting to push up inflation while raising alarm bells about food supplies and prompting downgrades to economic growth.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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The team responsible for testing the nation’s security defenses was among those pushed out.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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The public jabs from the president have angered some Catholics, the single largest religious denomination in the United States, according to Pew Research Center.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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For a piece in this week’s issue, Dhruv Khullar, a practicing physician and a contributing writer, investigated this growing industry, speaking to the doctors who are tinkering with compounds and the users gamely jabbing themselves in a quest for self-optimization.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Paul, who co-created the Apple TV+ series and drew from season one for the musical’s script and score, performs a dexterous trick, poking fun at the form’s many ridiculous tropes with an unmistakably affectionate hand.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Anderson says the magic lies in Gray’s willingness to poke fun at himself.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Pete Crow-Armstrong dashed from third base, tapped the plate and then darted to the fans behind home, jumping on the railing against the netting to celebrate the Chicago Cubs’ walk-off, extra-innings, 2-1 win over the New York Mets at Wrigley Field.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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In the second half, Pereyra hit a long diagonal to Chancalay, who gently brought it down with a first touch and dished it for Kelvin Yeboah to tap in.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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The new leaders of Iran have swiftly moved away from the late Khamenei’s blueprint for protecting the nation, stamping their own, more extreme approach on Iran’s third Islamic Republic.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Each bar is typically stamped with key details, including its weight, purity and the refiner’s hallmark.—
Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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