nouninformal
the two rounded parts of your body that you sit on
He fell and hurt his butt.
The chair made my butt sore.
Common phrases & grammar
sore butt · kick someone in the butt
sit on someone's butt
kick someone in the butt
American English
How to pronounce butting
noun · verbB1Common word
BUHdihng
/ˈbə.ɾɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Related entry: butt
the two rounded parts of your body that you sit on
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
noun
the small part of a cigarette that remains after it has been smoked
Please put your cigarette butt in the ashtray.
There were cigarette butts on the sidewalk.
Common phrases & grammar
cigarette butt · discarded cigarette butt
throw a cigarette butt away
find a cigarette butt
verbless common
to hit a person or thing with the front of your head or with your horns
The goat butted the gate.
The player butted his opponent with his head.
Common phrases & grammar
butt someone with your head
butt into a wall
Useful expressions
to interrupt a conversation or activity by joining it without being invited
Don't butt in while we're talking.
to stop interfering in a situation
Please butt out of this conversation.
the person that people make fun of in a joke
He was the butt of every joke in the office.
Related words & forms
The final t is doubled before -ed and -ing: butted, butting.