plural noun
The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on.
Our butts hurt after the long bike ride.
The hard seats made their butts sore.
American English
How to pronounce butts
noun · verbB1Common word
BUHTS
/bəts/
One syllable.
Form of butt
The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
plural noun
The small parts of cigarettes left after people smoke them.
There were cigarette butts beside the trash can.
She picked up the butts and put them in the bin.
plural noun
The thick ends of tools or weapons, especially the parts held in the hand or against the shoulder.
The old rifles had wooden butts.
The guns' butts rested on the floor.
third-person singular verb
Hits a person or thing with the front of its head or with its horns.
The angry ram butts the gate with its horns.
That goat butts anyone who gets too close.
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.