as in cheeks
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
Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 8 Apr. 2025
Honestly looking at the old models those butts were not good just…anatomically, even for the often unusual proportions of comic character.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Soon enough, this tangle of typical teenage troubles butts up against a sinister alternate universe, the Upside Down.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
That’s particularly true for runners and cyclists, who primarily move front to back during those activities, which is why Dr. West recommends her patients incorporate exercises that target the butt muscles, like squats, into their workouts.
—Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 8 Apr. 2025
Honestly looking at the old models those butts were not good just…anatomically, even for the often unusual proportions of comic character.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
As the hospital's chief medical officer, Gloria seems destined to continue to butt heads with Robby over the business side of saving lives.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Soon enough, this tangle of typical teenage troubles butts up against a sinister alternate universe, the Upside Down.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt
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The manager shouted at Emiliano Martinez to kick long and hoped to take PSG back to Villa Park with only a one-goal deficit.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But even that season’s team hardly ever practiced on the field, and in recent years it’s been used only by the team’s kicking specialist and as a spot where rehabbing players work out on the side.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Its 116 hp, 1.6-liter inline-four engine was bumped in displacement to 1.8 liters for the 1994 model year.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2025
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Our team noted whether the vacuums were able to navigate around the house without bumping into furniture or getting caught on area rugs.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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Ekblad skated in on him at the boards and delivered a hit with his right forearm that made contact with Hagel’s head and shoved Hagel down in the process.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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Because the Magic are scraping and scrapping, grabbing and clutching, shoving and bumping.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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For the candidates who’ve worked for weeks to push their message through the noise of competing election campaigns, Saturday could turn into a long, tense evening.—
Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Japan pushed back, saying the negotiations should be comprehensive, the paper said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Payne, who’s known and been good friends with Bridges since their Phoenix Suns days, is never afraid to jab a teammate when necessary.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Others recalled him having stand-up rows, shouting, swearing, and jabbing his finger in the direction of co-workers.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Several viewers have shared their own opinions on what the goldendoodle's decision to stay downstairs with the man means, while others have expressed how similarly their own pets behave, or poked fun at the viral moment, causing joy among viewers.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Pickard poked fun at himself late in the regular season for doing a double-pad stack in 2025.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Christopher Wheeldon will helm direction and choreography for the production, while Tom Kitt has been tapped for music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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Athletes Unlimited named Kim Ng their first commissioner of Athletes Unlimited Softball League last week tapping into Ng’s vast experience as a general manager and trail blazer in the MLB.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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If the mask is stamped with a GB number ending in 2006, it was made based on the previous standard and is still fine to use so long as the expiration date hasn't passed.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Butt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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