bottom vs butt

bottom

noun
  • Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil. 

  • The far end of somewhere. 

  • A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. 

  • A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity. 

  • The buttocks or anus. 

  • Low-lying land; a valley or hollow. 

  • The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat. 

  • A cargo vessel, a ship. 

  • A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men. 

  • Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment. 

  • Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater. 

  • The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect. 

  • A garment worn to cover the body below the torso. 

  • An abyss. 

  • The lowest part of anything. 

  • Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water. 

  • The lowest part of a container. 

  • The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea. 

adj
  • Relating to the genitals. 

  • The lowest or last place or position. 

verb
  • To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water). 

  • To establish or found (something) on or upon. 

  • To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath. 

  • To reach the bottom of something. 

  • To fall to the lowest point. 

  • To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship. 

  • To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action. 

  • To furnish (something) with a bottom. 

  • To be anally penetrated in gay sex. 

butt

noun
  • A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. 

  • The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 

  • A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt. 

  • The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). 

  • The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 

  • The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts. 

  • The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll. 

  • A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed. 

  • An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe. 

  • Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot 

  • A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. 

  • The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury. 

  • A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge. 

  • The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. 

  • A mark to be shot at; a target. 

  • A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering. 

  • The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 

  • The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. 

  • A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. 

  • The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat. 

  • The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired. 

  • A thrust in fencing. 

  • Body; self. 

  • A used cigarette. 

  • A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons. 

verb
  • To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. 

  • To strike bluntly, particularly with the head. 

  • To strike bluntly with the head. 

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