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butt

[buht] / bʌt /
NOUN
end, shaft
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tail
STRONG
base bottom edge extremity foot fundament haft handle hilt shank stock stub stump tip
WEAK
fag end
Antonyms
STRONG
top
NOUN
object of joking
Synonyms
STRONGEST
object of ridicule
STRONG
chump derision dupe fool goat joke laughingstock mark patsy pigeon sap setup softie subject sucker target turkey victim
WEAK
clay pigeon easy mark fall guy jestee sitting duck
NOUN
cigarette
Synonyms
STRONG
fag smoke tobacco
WEAK
cancer stick cig coffin nail
NOUN
buttocks
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backside behind bottom bum derriere tush
STRONG
ass fanny keister rear seat tail tushie
WEAK
gluteus maximus haunches hindquarters posterior
VERB
bang up against with head
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collide run into shove smack
STRONG
batter buck buffet bump bunt gore hook horn jab knock poke prod punch push ram strike thrust toss
Antonyms
STRONG
discourage dissuade pull tap
VERB
touch, adjoin
Synonyms
STRONG
abut border bound communicate join jut meet neighbor project protrude verge
Antonyms
STRONG
disjoin divide keep separate

Example Sentences

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What followed was a comedy of errors including military drills that outpaced anything this group of office workers had in mind, a rogue porcupine, stranded airplanes and one syringe to the butt of an employee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But I never wanted religion to be the butt of the joke.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"Government has a duty to educate people about the health risks, but beyond that politicians and anti-smoking campaigners should butt out," he tells BBC Scotland News.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

It has been, unfairly, the butt of jokes and the beige backdrop of childhood dinners.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

She landed on her butt in the grass a few yards away.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Vocabulary lists containing butt

I Funny by James Patterson

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