From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
butt
n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: butt, butt end]
2: the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part
of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
3: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat,
laughingstock, stooge]
4: 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?" [syn: 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]
5: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a
marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt]
6: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn:
cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag]
7: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
[syn: butt joint, butt]
8: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2
hogsheads or 126 gallons)
9: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a
cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub]
v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada
adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn:
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt
against, butt on]
2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out
of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn:
butt, bunt]
3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be
butted at the joints"