butts 1 of 4

noun (1)

plural of butt
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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butts

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noun (2)

plural of butt
1
as in jokes
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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2
as in targets
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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butts

3 of 4

noun (3)

plural of butt
as in barrels
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves

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butts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of butt
as in knees

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Recent Examples of butts
Noun
The vaping industry says the technology saves lives and the cartridges are not nearly as bad a blight as cigarette butts. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Who survives Over 50 years ago, Charlie Munger convinced his best friend, Warren Buffett, to ditch the proverbial cheap cigar butts for buying durable, high-quality businesses, centered around their economic moat. — Sanjot Malhi, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 For now, Paramount isn’t producing the billion-dollar box office smashes that drive millions of butts into theater seats (not to mention robust sales of novelty popcorn buckets). — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026 The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026 Sacramento County is taking on some of the world’s largest tobacco companies — not over smoking, but over the billions of cigarette butts discarded every year and who should pay to clean them up. — Reeti Malhotra july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026 Cigarette butts littered the ground; a motorcycle stuttered past, too loud. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 But disproportionately large and strong butts can lead to body imbalances that can lead to injury. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 As to what there is to see along the way, Miss Manners hopes that whoever follows will have the common courtesy, if not the common sense, to follow at a modest distance and with eyes elsewhere — no ifs, ands, buts or butts. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butts
  1. cheeks
  2. jokes
  3. targets
  4. barrels
  5. kicks
  6. bums
  7. victims
  8. pipes
Noun
  • Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
  • When choosing a shade, think about the natural flush of your cheeks and match that.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • There was nothing particularly novel about the show’s premise, but the scripts were refreshingly dense with jokes, prioritizing laughs over contrived drama or seasonlong relationship arcs.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The order, which directs federal officials to formalize the name change within 30 days, quickly sparked backlash, jokes and parody proposals.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of jokes
Noun
  • While mega-cap pharma companies typically look to invest in assets that offer peak sales in the billions of dollars, Gayer has smaller targets in mind.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Truist declined to disclose details about hiring targets and compensation, or how many advisors the bank employs.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of targets
Noun
  • David Wech, chief economist at energy intelligence firm Vortexa, told CNBC on Friday that the average over the last month has been 6 million-7 million barrels a day.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Middle Eastern oil producers have rerouted another 2 million barrels per day around the Strait of Hormuz.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of barrels
Verb
  • Goal kicks and throw-ins Players are expected to keep moving so these restarts happen quickly.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Senior Oliver Brewer, who also kicks for the football team, has been a mainstay in goal.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of kicks
Noun
  • For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • Other federal agencies that were victims of computer intrusion by the platforms were the Energy Department, the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health, according to the DOJ.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The State Department issued a statement on Wednesday expressing condolences to the victims of the flooding and pledged financial support.
    — Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of victims
Noun
  • One council member, describing years of city subsidies for the bus system, said the choice came down to funding VRT or fixing broken pipes.
    — Noah Daly August 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Materials Professional agility courses where competitions are held use poles made from Polyvinyl chloride plastic pipes that are 3/4-inch thick and stand 40 inches tall.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipes

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“Butts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butts. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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