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buttless

buttless adjective: without a butt, not having a butt.

Adjective

buttless (not comparable)

  1. Without a butt, not having a butt.
    • With the exception of the trigger mechanism and spring, the pistol was made entirely out of flat black plastic and looked very much like a small buttless sawed-off shotgun.1991, Christopher Hyde, Hard Target, page 294
  2. Of a piece of clothing, showing the bare buttocks of a person.
    • buttless pants

Origin of buttless

From butt + -less.

Questions about buttless

What does buttless mean?
Buttless means without a butt, not having a butt.
What part of speech is buttless?
Buttless is an adjective.

Words near buttless in the dictionary

  1. Buttleman
  2. Buttlemans
  3. Buttler
  4. Buttlers
  5. buttles
  6. buttless
  7. buttlicker
  8. buttlickers
  9. buttlift
  10. buttlifts
  11. buttlike

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