butt

US: /ˈbət/
UK: /bˈʌt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


butt /bʌt/
  • danh từ
    • gốc (cây); gốc cuống (lá); báng (súng); đầu núm, đầu cán (roi, gậy...)
    • mẩu thuốc lá (hút còn lại)
    • cá mình giẹp (như cá bơn...)
    • (như) butt-end
    • danh từ
      • ((thường) số nhiều) tầm bắn
      • trường bắn; bia bắn và ụ đất sau bia
      • người làm trò cười; đích làm trò cười
        • to be the butt of the whole school: là trò chơi cho cả trường
    • danh từ
      • cái húc, cái húc đầu
        • to come full butt against...: húc đầu vào...
    • động từ
      • húc vào; húc đầu vào
        • to butt a man in the stomach: húc đầu vào bụng ai
      • đâm vào, đâm sầm vào
        • to butt against a tree: đâm sầm phải một cái cây
      • to butt in
        • (thông tục) xen vào; nói xen vào; can thiệp vào
      • to butt in a conversation: xen vào câu chuyện

    Advanced English dictionary


    verb, noun
    + verb [VN]
    1 to hit or push sb/sth hard with your head
    2 if an animal butts sb/sth, it hits them or it hard with its horns and head
    Phrasal Verbs: butt in (on sb/sth)
    1 to interrupt a conversation rudely: How can I explain if you keep butting in? + [+ speech] 'Is that normal?' Josie butted in.
    2 (informal) to become involved in a situation that does not concern you: I didn't ask you to butt in on my private business.
    butt out (spoken, especially AmE) used to tell sb rudely to go away or to stop interfering in sth that does not concern them: Butt out, Neil! This is none of your business.
    + noun
    1 the thick end of a weapon or tool: a rifle butt
    2 the part of a cigarette or CIGAR that is left after it has been smoked: an ashtray full of cigarette butts
    3 (BrE) a large round container for storing or collecting liquids: a water butt
    4 (informal, especially AmE) the part of the body that you sit on
    Synonym: BUTTOCKS
    Get off your butt and do some work! + Get your butt over here! (= Come here!)
    5 the act of hitting sb with your head: a head butt + He gave him a headbutt.
    Idioms: be the butt of sth to be the person or thing that other people often joke about or criticize: She was the butt of some very unkind jokes.
    more at PAIN n.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    target, end, object, prey, victim, dupe; gull, Colloq pigeon, sucker; Brit Aunt Sally, Slang US and Canadian patsy:
    He was always the butt of their jokes.
    v.
    1 abut, join, meet:
    This wall butts up against my garage.
    2 butt in or into. interfere, intrude, interrupt, Colloq US kibitz; meddle:
    Please let me finish a sentence without butting in. Don't butt into my affairs.

    Concise English dictionary


    butts|butted|buttingbʌt
    noun
    +thick end of the handle
    +the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
    +a victim of ridicule or pranks
    +the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    +sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
    +finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
    +a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
    +a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
    +the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
    verb
    +lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
    +to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns
    +place end to end without overlapping