butt

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butt1 /bʌt/ noun [countable]  1  HBHpart of your body 身体部位 American English informal the part of your body that you sit on 屁股 SYN buttocks a baby’s soft little butt 宝宝软软的小屁股 → be a pain in the butt at pain1(3)2. CIGARETTEcigarette 香烟DFT the end of a cigarette after most of it has been smoked 烟蒂，烟头3  be the butt of something MAKE FUN OFto be the person or thing that other people often make jokes about 成为…的笑柄 Paul quickly became the butt of everyone’s jokes. 保罗很快成了大家的笑柄。4  GUNgun 枪PMW the thick end of the handle of a gun 枪托 a rifle butt 步枪的枪托5  get your butt in/out/over etc HURRY American English spoken used to rudely tell someone to go somewhere or do something 别老坐着,快起来〔粗鲁地告诉某人去某处或做某事〕 Kevin, get your butt over here! 凯文，你给我过来！6  work/play etc your butt off American English spoken to work, play etc very hard 努力工作/尽情玩乐 I worked my butt off in college. 我在大学里非常用功。7  CONTAINERcontainer 容器D British English a large round container for collecting or storing liquids 大桶 a rainwater butt 接雨水的大桶8. ACT OF STRIKING somethinghitting with your head 用头顶HIT the act of hitting someone with your head 用头顶

Examples from the Corpus

butt• I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.• This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts.• Witnesses told of beatings with rifle butts and sticks and the use of bayonets and guns, he said.• Pool, so often the butt of soccer jokes, on the threshold of the First Division?• He slammed the butt of the weapon on my cargo deck and the thing went off.• The butt part has a higher ratio of lean to bone than the shank part and is often priced higher.• The water butt juggles with raindrops.• Get your butt on a bird, Slick, and let's make Bad Money.butt2 verb [intransitive, transitive]  1. HITto hit or push against something or someone with your head 〔用头〕顶，撞2. HITif an animal butts someone, it hits them with its horns 〔动物用角〕顶3 butt in phrasal verb a) INTERRUPTto interrupt a conversation rudely 插嘴 Stop butting in! 别插嘴！b) INTERFEREto become involved in a private situation that does not concern you 管闲事 on They don’t want outsiders butting in on their decision-making. 他们不希望有外人插手他们的决策。4 butt out phrasal verb especially American English spoken INTERFEREused to tell someone rudely that you do not want them to be involved in a conversation or situation 不要管，别插嘴 This has nothing to do with you, so just butt out! 这件事与你无关，别瞎管！→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

butt• Or butted a marshal with his head.• He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.• Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.• I wake with a touch on my face and turn sideways butting my head into darkness.• The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal.• Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.• Use the special ready-mixed adhesive recommended and hang by butting up one tile to the next.Origin butt1 1. (1400-1500) Origin unknown. 2. (1300-1400) Old French but “target, goal, end”3. (1400-1500) Old French botte4. (1500-1600) → BUTT2 butt2 (1400-1500) Old French boter “to push”

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butt¹ /bʌt/ noun [countable]1.  PART OF YOUR BODY American English informal the part of your body that you sit on
   SYN  buttocks:
    a baby’s soft little butt ⇨ be a pain in the butt at pain¹(3)
2.  CIGARETTE the end of a cigarette after most of it has been smoked
3. be the butt of something to be the person or thing that other people often make jokes about:
    Paul quickly became the butt of everyone’s jokes.
4.  GUN the thick end of the handle of a gun:
    a rifle butt
5. get your butt in/out/over etc American English spoken used to rudely tell someone to go somewhere or do something:
    Kevin, get your butt over here!
6. work/play etc your butt off American English spoken to work, play etc very hard:
    I worked my butt off in college.
7.  CONTAINER British English a large round container for collecting or storing liquids:
    a rainwater butt
8.  HITTING WITH YOUR HEAD the act of hitting someone with your head

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butt² verb [intransitive and transitive]1. to hit or push against something or someone with your head
2. if an animal butts someone, it hits them with its horns
     
butt in phrasal verb
  1. to interrupt a conversation rudely:
    Stop butting in!
  2. to become involved in a private situation that does not concern you
    butt in on
    They don’t want outsiders butting in on their decision-making.
butt out phrasal verb especially American English spoken
  used to tell someone rudely that you do not want them to be involved in a conversation or situation:
    This has nothing to do with you, so just butt out!