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butt

 
 
/bʌt/ noun

Definition

BOTTOM [C] US informal your bottom: He just sits on his butt all day long.
CIGARETTE [C] the end of a cigarette that is left after it is smoked: There were cigarette butts all over the floor.
GUN [C] the end of the handle of a gun: the butt of a rifle
a head butt when you hit someone with the top, front part of your head
(Definition of butt noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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