butt – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of butt

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to butt
Participle: butted
Gerund: butting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibutt
youbutt
he;she;itbutts
webutt
youbutt
theybutt

Perfect

Ihave butted
youhave butted
he;she;ithas butted
wehave butted
youhave butted
theyhave butted

Past

Ibutted
youbutted
he;she;itbutted
webutted
youbutted
theybutted

Pluperfect

Ihad butted
youhad butted
he;she;ithad butted
wehad butted
youhad butted
theyhad butted

Future

Iwill butt
youwill butt
he;she;itwill butt
wewill butt
youwill butt
theywill butt

Future Perfect

Iwill have butted
youwill have butted
he;she;itwill have butted
wewill have butted
youwill have butted
theywill have butted

Subjunctive

Present

Ibutt
youbutt
he;she;itbutt
webutt
youbutt
theybutt

Perfect

Ihave butted
youhave butted
he;she;ithave butted
wehave butted
youhave butted
theyhave butted

Imperfect

Ibutted
youbutted
he;she;itbutted
webutted
youbutted
theybutted

Pluperfect

Ihad butted
youhad butted
he;she;ithad butted
wehad butted
youhad butted
theyhad butted

Conditional

Present

Iwould butt
youwould butt
he;she;itwould butt
wewould butt
youwould butt
theywould butt

Perfect

Iwould have butted
youwould have butted
he;she;itwould have butted
wewould have butted
youwould have butted
theywould have butted

Imperative

youbutt
weLet's butt
youbutt

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam butting
youare butting
he;she;itis butting
weare butting
youare butting
theyare butting

Perfect

Ihave been butting
youhave been butting
he;she;ithas been butting
wehave been butting
youhave been butting
theyhave been butting

Past

Iwas butting
youwere butting
he;she;itwas butting
wewere butting
youwere butting
theywere butting

Pluperfect

Ihad been butting
youhad been butting
he;she;ithad been butting
wehad been butting
youhad been butting
theyhad been butting

Future

Iwill be butting
youwill be butting
he;she;itwill be butting
wewill be butting
youwill be butting
theywill be butting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been butting
youwill have been butting
he;she;itwill have been butting
wewill have been butting
youwill have been butting
theywill have been butting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be butting
youwould be butting
he;she;itwould be butting
wewould be butting
youwould be butting
theywould be butting

Perfect

Iwould have been butting
youwould have been butting
he;she;itwould have been butting
wewould have been butting
youwould have been butting
theywould have been butting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'butt'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'butt'

abutt, bitt, bunt, bust, but, butty, abut, auth, bait, bat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
abut
adjoin, touch, bound, join, fit

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
2. Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot.
3. PIE word
4. *bʰudʰmḗn See: English 'buttock'.

Verbs referencing "butt"

French débuter, German, old spelling putzen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] busy herself about something else, Topsy would hold a perfect carnival of confusion, for some one or two hours. Instead of making the bed, she would amuse herself with pulling off the pillowcases, butting her woolly head among the pillows, till it would sometimes be grotesquely ornamented with feathers sticking out in various directions; she would climb the posts, and hang head downward from the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)