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butt ends

butt ends is the plural of butt end.

butt ends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butt end.

Meaning of butt end

Noun

butt end (plural butt ends)

  1. 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
  2. (broadly) The bread heel.
  3. 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

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Questions about butt ends

What is butt ends the plural of?
Butt ends is the plural of butt end.

Words near butt ends in the dictionary

  1. butt dialling
  2. butt dials
  3. butt end
  4. butt ended
  5. butt ending
  6. butt ends
  7. butt floss
  8. butt fusion
  9. butt heads
  10. butt hinge
  11. butt hinges

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