Butt end

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 jaw"

  2. 2
    thick end of the handle wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To jab (a player) with the knob of a hockey stick (incurring a penalty). transitive

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"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 jaw"

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