Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butt end

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: but-t end
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The thick end of something.

noun

The bread heel.

noun

The windowless end of a building.

verb

To jab (a player) with the knob of a hockey stick (incurring a penalty).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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 jaw"
"With the butt end of an admonitory pencil he indicated the unopened trap."
"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."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

butt ends (plural) butt ends (present, singular) butt ending (participle, present) butt ended (participle, past) butt ended (past)

Synonyms

butt

Questions

What does butt end mean?: The thick end of something.

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