as in backside
the part of the body upon which someone sits
park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around
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as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes
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as in target
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit
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as in to kick
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Recent Examples of butt
Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Everyone is urged to properly dispose of cigarette butts, matches, and any other flammable items in appropriate containers.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2026
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Council leaders may be more combative to Hogsett The new council leadership may, however, prove more willing than their predecessors to butt heads with Mayor Joe Hogsett.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 21 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Bob’s Burgers has a long history of recruiting rock royalty to sing songs about butts, burgers, and more.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Everyone is urged to properly dispose of cigarette butts, matches, and any other flammable items in appropriate containers.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
Get a co-parenting app and tell her mother to butt the hell out.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Council leaders may be more combative to Hogsett The new council leadership may, however, prove more willing than their predecessors to butt heads with Mayor Joe Hogsett.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt
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Jones blames that impasse for kicking the financial stability of TSA officers like a football.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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House Republicans passed a 60-day funding patch that funded the entire department, kicking the ball back into the Senate’s court.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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Then Buttered Popcorn dethroned it in 1998, bumping the cherry classic from its perch.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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In practice, though, the list is largely made up of people who bump into each other at the Century Association or the Center for Architecture; even firms that originated abroad, like Snøhetta (Norway) and BIG (Denmark), have essentially become local.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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If unhelpful naysayers shove their preferences onto you, just brush them off.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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With Dylan Larkin in the box, Noah Cates put the Flyers ahead by three goals by shoving a loose puck over the goal line on the power play with less than four minutes to play in the second.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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As California pushes toward a cleaner energy future, the key challenge ahead is not just reducing emissions, but ensuring fuel remains reliable and affordable in the meantime.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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The original stickers — the ones jabbing at Biden — started appearing in 2021.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Donald Trump‘s effort today to praise his new Homeland Security Secretary and defend him from Jimmy Kimmel‘s jabs kind of backfired.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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And time is running out before teams begin poking and prodding at the puzzle, trying to find ways to break it apart.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Finding shooters in the corner, using Oldacre and Cunningham or the open person can be a way for Texas to poke holes in Michigan's defense.—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Mar. 2026
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Breganza was directly tapped by its marketing team to play Daly City.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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So the question isn't really whether to tap your home equity.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Lorenzen stamped Friday as the worst performance of his career, tagged for nine runs on 12 hits in three innings.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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My visa was stamped at passport control but not my actual passport, so no official trace of the visit was preserved.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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