BUTT END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butt end mean? 

• BUTT END (noun)
  The noun BUTT END has 1 sense:

1. thick end of the handle

  Familiarity information: BUTT END used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTT END (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick end of the handle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

butt; butt end

Hypernyms ("butt end" is a kind of...):

stock (the handle end of some implements or tools)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt end"):

rifle butt (the butt end of a rifle)

 Context examples 

Yet the fact remains that the reader, who was a fine, robust old man, was knocked clean down by it as if it had been the butt end of a pistol.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)