"butts" in the noun sense

1. butt, butt end

thick end of the handle

2. butt

the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

3. butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge

a victim of ridicule or pranks

4. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"

"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5. target, butt

sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

6. cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking

7. butt joint, butt

a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

8. butt

a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

9. butt, stub

the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

"butts" in the verb sense

1. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

"Canada adjoins the U.S."

"England marches with Scotland"

2. butt, bunt

to strike, thrust or shove against

"He butted his sister out of the way"

"The goat butted the hiker with his horns"

3. butt

place end to end without overlapping

"The frames must be butted at the joints"

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