I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cigarette butt ( also a cigarette end British English ) (= the part that remains when you have finished smoking it )
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The ashtray was full of old cigarette butts.
be the butt of a joke (= be the person a joke is made about, so that people laugh at you )
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Somehow he’d become the butt of all his classmates’ jokes.
cigarette butt
water butt
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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I had one eye that crossed and always had the biggest butt in the neighborhood.
■ NOUN
cigarette
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He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet.
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She had a cigarette butt between her lips and a genial look on her face.
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An earlier cigarette butt smouldered in the grate.
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Some had cigarette butts , ground glass and bits of cloth glued to their inside surfaces.
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She thought ruefully of the cigarette butt , and of Johnny's small handful of apple tree leaves.
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I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.
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Food and cigarette butts had been trodden into the precious carpet.
rifle
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Witnesses told of beatings with rifle butts and sticks and the use of bayonets and guns, he said.
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Soldiers dispersed the peasants with rifle butts , and by nightfall, violence was sweeping through the province.
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Her rifle butt had given him a nasty knock, but there would be no lasting damage.
water
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Then there's a water butt up by the back door; and some honeysuckle growing over the porch.
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They say there are schemes available that could be implemented, such as the simple water butt .
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Her next move was towards the water butt .
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With a water butt , the water is collected and can be used for gardens.
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After I fell in the water butt .
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The water butt juggles with raindrops.
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He always used to tuck it underneath the water butt .
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These days, water butts are made of glass reinforced plastic.
■ VERB
become
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As soon as you were noticed you became the butt for other peoples jokes and worries.
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When brand names become the butt of jokes, trouble could lie ahead.
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Vologsky himself became the butt for smutty jokes and innuendoes.
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It was not long before such people became the butt of the intellectuals.
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If anything, it is the westerners who become the butt of the jokes.
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These phantom parties increasingly became the butt of Sukarno's scorn.
bust
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This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts .
cover
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We're also wondering why the university is now covering its butt legally with this half-hearted gesture.
kick
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While he spreads his malicious malpractice throughout time, you've been chosen to kick his butt .
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They tease you with the 3 and kick your butt with the two.
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Then we went out and they kicked our butts all over the court.
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I was gon na kick his butt .
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And this time, he aims to kick some earthling butt .
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You learn from them by getting them to kick your butt .
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We came back and kicked their butt .
work
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Meanwhile, Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs.
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I had to give the ball up, and then I had work my butt off to get it back.
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I worked my butt off in basketball and stayed on the varsity-in fact, did well.
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In short, I worked my butt off.
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You could have worked your butt off helping a rep and you finally got the rep doing everything right.
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I work my butt off for you, while that restaurant is doing worse and worse.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get off your butt/ass
kick sb's ass/butt
work your butt/ass/arse off
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I work my butt off for you, while that restaurant is doing worse and worse.
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I worked my butt off in basketball and stayed on the varsity-in fact, did well.
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I had to give the ball up, and then I had work my butt off to get it back.
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In short, I worked my butt off.
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Meanwhile, Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs.
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You could have worked your butt off helping a rep and you finally got the rep doing everything right.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Get your butt on a bird, Slick, and let's make Bad Money.
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He slammed the butt of the weapon on my cargo deck and the thing went off.
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I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.
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Pool, so often the butt of soccer jokes, on the threshold of the First Division?
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The butt part has a higher ratio of lean to bone than the shank part and is often priced higher.
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The water butt juggles with raindrops.
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This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts.
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Witnesses told of beatings with rifle butts and sticks and the use of bayonets and guns, he said.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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Jamila butted in to add details and keep us up to date.
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Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.
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He kept on butting in with silly comments.
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These individuals tend to butt in for the attention they will get.
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I didn't mean to butt in , but we're already late, thanks to me getting lost.
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The problem is, they butt in after every song to remind you of it.
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Nine times out of ten they're both totally wrong and sometimes I have to stop myself from butting in .
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I'd rather you didn't butt in at this stage - and nothing for the record.
out
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The kid is your friend and they should butt out .
■ VERB
kick
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Mortal Kombat Three humans kick butt to save the universe; they should have saved the movie first.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.
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I wake with a touch on my face and turn sideways butting my head into darkness.
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Or butted a marshal with his head.
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The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal.
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Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.
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Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.
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Use the special ready-mixed adhesive recommended and hang by butting up one tile to the next.