butt in
to interrupt or interfere in someone's conversation
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butt out
to stop interfering or meddling in someone's business
butt pirate
A gay man.
butt sex
Anal sex.
butt up
to meet or encounter something unexpectedly
butt-fucking
anal sex
butter
Or BATTER, praise or flattery. To BUTTER, to flatter, cajole. Same as "soft soap" and "soft sawder." Soft words generally. Maybe from the old proverb, "Fine words butter no parsneps."
butter and eggs trot
A kind of short jogg trot, such as is used by women going to market, with butter and eggs.--he looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth, yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her; a saying of a demure looking woman, of suspected character. Don't make butter dear; a gird at the patient angler.
butter bar
A second lieutenant.
butter box
A Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.
butter face
A person with an attractive body but unattractive face
butter flap
A trap, a light cart.
butter one's bread on both sides
to benefit or profit from multiple sources
butter the cony
to flatter or deceive someone
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
Someone appears very innocent or sweet
butter-fingered
Apt to let things fall; greasy or slippery-fingered.
buttered ale
A beverage made of ale or beer mixed with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
buttered bun
One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
butterfly kiss
A kiss with one's eyelashes, that is, stroking the cheek with one's eyelashes.
butterfly upon a wheel
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
butters
Ugly.
butthole
The anus.
buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
buttock ball
The amorous congress. CANT.
buttock broker
A bawd, or match-maker. CANT.
button
A bad shilling, among coiners. His a-se makes buttons; he is ready to bewray himself through fear. CANT.
button
A decoy, sham purchaser, &c. At any mock or sham auction seedy specimens may be seen. Probably from the connexion of buttons with Brummagem, which is often used as a synonym for a sham.—See BONNET.
button nose
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
button one's lip
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
button pusher
A person who operates or activates something, often in a menial or routine capacity
buttoner
A man who entices another to play.
buttons
A page,—from the rows of gilt buttons which adorn his jacket.
buttplugging
buggery
butty
A word used in the mining districts to denote a kind of overseer. Also used by the Royal Marines in the sense of comrade; a policeman’s assistant, one of the staff in a mêlée.
buy a dog and bark oneself
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buy a ticket to
to participate or get involved in something
buy and hold
Invest for the long term, without frequent buying or selling.
buy and sell
completely believe or trust someone
buy cheap, buy twice
Inexpensive items may need to be replaced, making them more costly overall
Buy cheap, sell dearǃ (Thomas Lodge)
Sell something at a higher price than it was bought for
buy into
to believe or accept an idea or plan
buy it
to believe something
buy once, cry once
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
buy out
to purchase the entire stock or ownership of a company
buy straw hats in winter
To buy something when it is cheapest, often because it is out of season
buy the big one
To die.
buy the farm
to die or be killed, often in a dramatic or unexpected manner
buy the rights
Purchase the legal rights to something
buy the rumor
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buy time
Delay or postpone something to gain an advantage
buy to let
Purchase a property to rent out for profit
buy up
To purchase something in large quantities
buz
To share equally the last of a bottle of wine, when there is not enough for a full glass to each of the party.
buz-bloke
A pickpocket who principally confines his attention to purses and loose cash. Grose gives BUZ-GLOAK, an ancient cant word. GLOAK was old cant for a man. BUZ-NAPPER, a young pickpocket.
buz-man
An informer; from BUZ, to whisper, but more generally a thief.
buz-napper’s academy
A school in which young thieves were trained. Figures were dressed up, and experienced tutors stood in various difficult attitudes for the boys to practise upon. When clever enough they were sent on the streets. Dickens gives full particulars of this old style of business in Oliver Twist.
buzz off
go away and leave someone alone
buzzard
A simple fellow. A blind buzzard: a pur-blind man or woman.
buzzer
A pickpocket. Grose gives BUZ-COVE and, as above mentioned, BUZ-GLOAK.
buzzworm
rattlesnake
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