buttload Meaning & Definition
What Does Buttload Mean?
Buttload is a noun that means A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons. It can also mean A large amount carried in a butt.
Buttload Definition (Noun)
- A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
- A large amount carried in a butt.
We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
- Any large but unspecific amount.
Noun
- (by extension, mildly) Any large but unspecific amount.
Synonyms of Buttload
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Buttload synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Buttload
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Buttload in a Sentence
We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
Word Forms & Grammar
buttload (plural buttloads)
Origin of Buttload
Origin 1: From butt + load. Butt in this context may be possibly one or both of:
Origin 2: Alternatively, the term may either be a corruption of English boatload or have been influenced by that term (except for the specific, West Country dialect sense).
Origin 3: All senses above also synchronically reanalyzed as buttocksful.