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butt

Definition for butt

noun as in end, shaft

Strongest match

tail

Weak match

fag end

noun as in object of joking

noun as in cigarette

Strong matches

fag, smoke, tobacco

noun as in buttocks

Strongest matches

backside, behind, bottom, bum, derriere, tush

Strong matches

ass, fanny, keister, rear, seat, tail, tushie

verb as in bang up against with head

Strongest matches

collide, run into, shove, smack

verb as in touch, adjoin

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Even if you don’t find your relative annoying and don’t butt heads on politics, expecting someone to host is a lot, especially for longer stays.

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“I think you’re going to get a lot of people that want to come watch kids play their butts off, knowing they’re not making millions and millions of dollars. But they all have the dream.”

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It is “not enough” to be a real emergency fund, Ramsey said at an event, but “it’s enough to keep the little things from kicking your butt off the get-out-of-debt wagon.”

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Links fashioned “crime dossiers” that combined written clues with pieces of physical evidence—pills and cigarette butts, among other items—to produce an immersive experience for readers and game-players.

Next week's global conference on tobacco control will consider what to do about the sheer volume of cigarette butts trashing the planet, with some recommending banning them completely.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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