halibut
English
/ˈhæ.lɨ.bət/
noun
Definitions
- A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *halibutt compound from English holy + English butt (cart, backside, buttocks, push, boundary mark, flatfish, type of cart, large cask, bottom).
Origin
English
butt
Gloss
cart, backside, buttocks, push, boundary mark, flatfish, type of cart, large cask, bottom
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
尻
Emoji
🛒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holy Book English
- Holy Spirit English
- Holy Trinity English
- Holyrood English
- Holywell English
- Holywood English
- abut English
- assbutt English
- back-butt English
- bare-butt English
- barebutt English
- blackbutt English
- butt English
- butt pirate English
- butt plug English
- butt-rape English
- buttass English
- buttbreath English
- buttbuddy English
- buttcheck English
- buttcrack English
- butterbutt English
- buttface English
- buttfuck English
- buttfucker English
- butthead English
- buttheaded English
- butthole English
- butthook English
- butthurt English
- buttkicker English
- buttkisser English
- buttless English
- buttlicker English
- buttlift English
- buttload English
- buttmunch English
- buttmuncher English
- buttock English
- buttplate English
- buttplay English
- buttprint English
- buttslut English
- buttstock English
- buttstroke English
- buttweld English
- catbutt English
- cuntbutt English
- dumbbutt English
- fagbutt English
- fatbutt English
- futtock English
- gurry-butt English
- halidom English
- headbutt English
- holiday English
- holily English
- holiness English
- holinight English
- holy English
- holy fire English
- holy water English
- holystone English
- lardbutt English
- lazybutt English
- nonholy English
- outbutt English
- overholy English
- ox-butt English
- pope-holy English
- scumbutt English
- scuttlebutt English
- slide-butt English
- underbutt English
- unholy English
- whole English
- bot Dutch, Flemish
- heil Dutch, Flemish
- heilbot Dutch, Flemish
- *halibutt Middle English
- but Middle English
- holi Middle English
- heilbot Middle Dutch
- holi Tok Pisin
- holy
- butt
- abut
- whole
- holily
- unholy
- fatbutt
- ox-butt
- futtock
- assbutt
- buttock
- catbutt
- halidom
- buttass
- holiday
- nonholy
- outbutt
- fagbutt
- lazybutt
- scumbutt
- buttweld
- butthole
- headbutt
- holiness
- butthurt
- buttfuck
- buttslut
- buttless
- buttload
- overholy
- butthead
- cuntbutt
- Holyrood
- Holywood
- Holywell
- lardbutt
- butthook
- buttplay
- buttlift
- dumbbutt
- buttface
- barebutt
- holinight
- butt-rape
- buttbuddy
- blackbutt
- buttcrack
- butt plug
- back-butt
- holystone
- underbutt
- holy fire
- buttstock
- pope-holy
- bare-butt
- buttprint
- buttmunch
- Holy Book
- buttcheck
- buttplate
- buttfucker
- holy water
- buttbreath
- butterbutt
- slide-butt
- buttstroke
- gurry-butt
- buttkisser
- buttheaded
- buttkicker
- buttlicker
- butt pirate
- Holy Spirit
- scuttlebutt
- buttmuncher
- Holy Trinity