butt end
butt end noun: the thick end of something.
Noun
butt end (plural butt ends)
- The thick end of something.
- Then the X-Files being
Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan with Isabella Rossellini lips
And breath that reeked of vanilla Chig Champa
Did a slo-mo Matrix descent out of the butt-end of the banana vessel
And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool - With the butt end of an admonitory pencil he indicated the unopened trap.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Then the X-Files being
- The bread heel.
- The windowless end of a building.
- Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
Verb
butt end (third-person singular simple present butt ends, present participle butt ending, simple past and past participle butt ended)
- To jab (a player) with the knob of a hockey stick (incurring a penalty).
Forms of butt end
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | butt ends |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | butt ends |
| present participle | butt ending |
| past participle | butt ended |
| past | butt ended |
Questions about butt end
- What does butt end mean?
- Butt end means the thick end of something.
- What part of speech is butt end?
- Butt end can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of butt end?
- The plural of butt end is butt ends.
Words near butt end in the dictionary
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