butt end

noun, verb — 3 senses

butt end

noun
1

The thick end of something.

  • Then the X-Files being Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan with Isabella Rossellini lips And breath that reeked of vanilla Chig Champa Did a slo-mo Matrix descent out of the butt-end of the banana vessel And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool:
  • With the butt end of an admonitory pencil he indicated the unopened trap.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
2

The windowless end of a building.

  • Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

butt end

verb
1

Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports To jab (a player) with the knob of a hockey stick (incurring a penalty).

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