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say it: buht
butt is a noun and verb meaning "thick end of the handle". It is pronounced /ˈbʌt/ — buht. It carries 12 recorded senses.
thick end of the handle
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
a victim of ridicule or pranks
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for butt come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.