butt
$ \mathrm{butt}^1 |bət|
verb with object
(of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns:
〈動物が〉…を頭［角（つの）］で突く; 〈頭〉をぶつける
e.g. she butted him in the chest with her head.
strike (the head) against something:
e.g. he butts his head against a wall.
noun
a push or blow, typically given with the head:
(頭［角］による)突き
e.g. he would follow up with a butt from his head.
PHRASES
butt heads
North American informal engage in conflict or be in strong disagreement:
e.g. the residents continue to butt heads with the mall developers.
PHRASAL VERBS
butt in
take part in a conversation or activity, or enter somewhere, without being invited or expected:
e.g. sorry to butt in on you.
butt out
North American informal stop interfering:
e.g. anyone who tries to cut across our policies should butt out.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.
$ \mathrm{butt}^2 |bət|
noun
the person or thing at which criticism or humor, typically unkind, is directed:
【あざけり･非難などの】的 «of»
e.g. his singing is the butt of dozens of jokes.
(usually butts) an archery or shooting target or range.
的
a mound on or in front of which a target is set up for archery or shooting.
安土〘射撃場で的の後ろにある矢または弾丸を止める盛り土〙; 〖～s〗 射的［射撃］場
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the archery sense): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground’.
$ \mathrm{butt}^3 |bət|
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noun
1. (also butt end) the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon:
(武器･道具の)太い方の端; (銃の)台尻(butt end)
e.g. a rifle butt.
the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another, as in the side of a ship.
the thicker or hinder end of a hide used for leather.
2. (also butt end) the stub of a cigar or a cigarette:
タバコの吸いがら, 残り; ｟俗｠ タバコ(butt end)
e.g. the ashtray was crammed with cigarette butts.
3. informal, chiefly North American the buttocks or anus.
｟米･くだけて｠ 尻, けつ(buttocks)
4. the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground.
(木の根元の)太い幹
verb no object
adjoin or meet end to end:
«…に» ぴたりと接する(up) «against, to»
e.g. the church butted up against the row of houses
e.g. a garden that butted up to the neighbor's.
with object join (pieces of stone, lumber, and other building materials) with the ends or sides flat against each other:
«…に» 〈建材など(の端)〉をぴたりとつける(up) «against»
e.g. the floorboards will be butted up against each other to make tight seams.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt2, reinforced by abut.
$ \mathrm{butt}^4 |bət|
noun
a cask, typically used for wine, ale, or water.
(ワイン･ビールなどの)大だる
US a liquid measure equal to 2 hogsheads (equivalent to 126 US gallons).
｟米｠ バット〘液量の単位; 126米ガロン; 約477リットル〙
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis.