as in backside
the part of the body upon which someone sits
park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around
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as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes
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as in target
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit
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as in to kick
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Recent Examples of butt
Grace Edquist, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
Life there was not exactly paradise, and over six years, the residents often butted heads in a small community where everyone was out for themselves.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
My throat hit my butt and my butt hit the floor.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Breasts, pubic hair, lips, eyes, knees, butts—nothing was off-limits in her exploration of the body.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
Life there was not exactly paradise, and over six years, the residents often butted heads in a small community where everyone was out for themselves.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The YouTube cameras caught Kelce giving some tough love to Taylor, which involved a small head-butt and loud words.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
My throat hit my butt and my butt hit the floor.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt
Verb
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Neither will forget what Harbaugh did late in the blowout, when going for two points after a touchdown instead of kicking a PAT to signal everything was A-OK between the two.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the end of the first half, Canales elected to punt the ball instead of opting to kick a 57-yarder.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The job cuts are permanent, and employees will not have bumping rights to other positions.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Few love it as much when leveling the playing field means bumping them down a few notches.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Laura is able to shove Cherry hard enough to pry Daniel away from her and lock her in the room, but Cherry jumps out of the balcony, sacrificing her ankle, and maneuvers herself back into the house.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, New York mayoral favorite Zohran Mamdani launched a public petition, calling on FIFA to make tickets to 2026 World Cup games—including the final in New Jersey—affordable, pushing the international soccer organization to set aside 15% of seats for locals in particular.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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Daniel yells after jabbing his net into the bank.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trump on Wednesday took to Truth Social to jab Newsom with a couple of posts taunting the likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
4 Sep. 2025
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Stars not just in front of, but within the dusty nebula, poke through all but the densest gas.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Sep. 2025
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In July 2024, Thompson's daughter Gaia shared a cheeky post on her Instagram Stories poking fun at 2023's Barbie movie's tagline — and Thompson's ex, Kenneth Branagh.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Driscoll got word he would soon be tapped to serve as the Bureau's acting deputy director, the second in command.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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