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TAKE THE QUIZas in bum
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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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.
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