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butt 1, noun (oh) and waterpower (sh)


butt 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?part of your body?
2 ?cigarette?
3 be the butt of something
4 ?gun?
5 get your butt in/out/over etc
6 work/play etc your butt off
7 ?container?
8 ?hitting with your head?
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[Sense: 1-2, 4-6; Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Origin unknown.]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: but 'target, goal, end']
[Sense: 7; Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: botte]
[Sense: 8; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: BUTT2]
?PART OF YOUR BODY?
AmE informal the part of your body that you sit on
-synonym buttocks buttocks
::a baby's soft little butt
-see also be a pain in the butt at pain 1 (3)
?CIGARETTE?
the end of a cigarette after most of it has been smoked
be the butt of sth
to be the person or thing that Other people often make jokes about
::Paul quickly became the butt of everyone's jokes.
?GUN?
the thick end of the handle of a gun
::a rifle butt
get your butt in/out/over etc
AmE spoken used to rudely tell someone to go somewhere or do something
::Kevin, get your butt over here!
AmE spoken work/play etc your butt off
to work, play etc very hard
::I worked my butt off in college.
?CONTAINER?
BrE a large round container for collecting or storing liquids
::a rainwater butt
?HITTING WITH YOUR HEAD?
the act of hitting someone with your head

waterpower (sh)




Power produced by a stream of water as it turns a wheel or similar device.

The waterwheel, probably invented in the 1st century BC, was widely used throughout the Middle Ages and into modern times for grinding grain, operating bellows for furnaces, and Other purposes. The more compact water turbine, which passes water through a series of fixed and rotating blades, was introduced in 1827. Water turbines, used originally for direct mechanical drive for irrigation, now are used almost exclusively to generate hydroelectric power.