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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

butt v.

[butt n.¹ (2b)]

(US)

1. to pass someone a cigarette.

1944		H. Brown Walk in Sun 55: ‘Can I smoke, corporal?’ Rivera asked. ‘Burn,’ Tyne said. ‘Butt me, Friedman,’ said Rivera.
2000		(con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 24: Butt me Give me a cigarette.

2. to crush out a cigarette.

1949		Cairns Post (Qld) 10 Sept. 4/4: He butted a half-smoked cigarette.
1967		J. Wynnum I’m a Jack, All Right 46: Someone might tread on him or butt a cigarette on him.
1982		S. King Running Man in Bachman Books (1995) 557: Richards [...] butted his smoke in an ashtray.
1991		O.D. Brooks Legs 17: I should have taken Bert’s advice and butted the cigarette.
1998		(con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 257: He butted his cigarette and got up from the chair.
2000		G. Pelecanos Shame the Devil 242: Stefanos butted his smoke.

SE in slang uses

In phrases

butt a reeler (v.)

(Aus.) to encounter a drunkard.

1895

Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 13: Butted a Reeler, met a drunken man.

butt around (v.)

(US) to socialize.

1913

T.A. Dorgan Silk Hat Harry’s Divorce Suit 28 Jan. [synd. cartoon strip] ‘We have a dance every Thursday evening.’ ‘I’ll have to butt around more’.

butt in

see separate entries.

butt into (v.)

see butt in v.

butt out (v.) [SE butt v.]

1. (W.I., Guyn.) to ignore, to cut dead, to pass by rudely.

1996

Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage.

2. see also separate entry.

butt the bull off the bridge (v.)

see buck a bull off the bridge under buck v.⁴

In exclamations

butt out!

see separate entry.