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Definitions for Butting

[1] a boundary; limit.
[2] a person or thing that is an object of wit, ridicule, sarcasm, contempt, etc.
[3] a target.
[4] (on a rifle range) a wall of earth located behind the targets to prevent bullets from scattering over a large area. butts, a wall behind which targets can be safely lowered, scored, and raised during firing practice.
[5] butt hinge.
[6] Obsolete . a goal; limit.
[7] to have an end or projection on; be adjacent to; abut.
[8] to position or fasten an end (of something).
[9] to place or join the ends (of two things) together; set end-to-end.
[10] to strike or push with the head or horns.
[11] to strike or push something or at something with the head or horns.
[12] to project.
[13] Machinery . (of wheels in a gear train) to strike one another instead of meshing.
[14] a push or blow with the head or horns.
[15] butt in , to meddle in the affairs or intrude in the conversation of others; interfere: It was none of his concern, so he didn't butt in.
[16] butt out , to stop meddling in the affairs or intruding in the conversation of others: Nobody asked her opinion, so she butted out.
[17] Dame Clara . 1872–1936, English contralto
[18] the thicker or blunt end of something, such as the end of the stock of a rifle
[19] the unused end of something, esp of a cigarette; stub
[20] tanning the portion of a hide covering the lower backside of the animal
[21] US and Canadian informal the buttocks
[22] US a slang word for cigarette
[23] building trades short for butt joint, butt hinge
[24] a person or thing that is the target of ridicule, wit, etc
[25] shooting archery a mound of earth behind the target on a target range that stops bullets or wide shots the target itself (plural) the target range
[26] a low barrier, usually of sods or peat, behind which sportsmen shoot game birds, esp grouse
[27] archaic goal; aim
[28] (usually foll by on or against ) to lie or be placed end on to; abut to butt a beam against a wall
[29] to strike or push (something) with the head or horns
[30] (intr) to project; jut
[31] (intr ; foll by in or into) to intrude, esp into a conversation; interfere; meddle
[32] butt out informal , mainly US and Canadian to stop interfering or meddling
[33] a blow with the head or horns
[34] a large cask, esp one with a capacity of two hogsheads, for storing wine or beer
[35] a US unit of liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons

Words related to Butting

tush, backside, behind, bottom, bum, derriere, smack, collide, shove, ass, fanny, keister, rear, seat, tail, buck, poke, knock, bump

Words nearby Butting

buttery, butthead, butthole, butthurt, buttie, butting, buttinsky, buttle, buttock, buttock-clenching, button

Origin of Butting

31150–1200; Middle English butten < Anglo-French buter, Old French boter to thrust, strike < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch botten to strike, sprout

Word origin for Butting

C14: from Old French botte , from Old Provençal bota , from Late Latin buttis cask, perhaps from Greek butinē chamber pot

Synonyms for Butting

backside, behind, bottom, bum, derriere, tush, ass, fanny, keister, rear, seat, tail, tushie, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior