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buttful

buttful noun: enough to fill a butt (cask).

Noun

buttful (plural buttfuls)

  1. Enough to fill a butt (cask).
    • While a buttful of water was thought enough for those who were rich enough to pay for it, waterworks were small undertakings; […]1849, The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, volume 12, page 358
  2. (Canada, US, slang) Enough to fill a person's buttocks.
    • If the bugger tries to get back into the Corners he may end up with a buttful of Durfee birdshot.2010, Don Gutteridge, Turncoat
    • The doctor examined Silent's wounds, bound them, and gave him a buttful of penicillin […]2016, Vin T. Sparano, Hunting Dangerous Game: True Tales from Around the World

Forms of buttful

pluralbuttfuls

Origin of buttful

From butt + -ful.

Questions about buttful

What does buttful mean?
Buttful means enough to fill a butt (cask).
What part of speech is buttful?
Buttful is a noun.
What is the plural of buttful?
The plural of buttful is buttfuls.

Words near buttful in the dictionary

  1. buttfucker
  2. buttfuckers
  3. buttfucking
  4. Buttfuckistan
  5. buttfucks
  6. buttful
  7. buttfuls
  8. buttgenbachite
  9. Buttgereit
  10. butthead
  11. buttheaded

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