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Butt: The top end of the hockey stick.

Butterfly Spread: Applies to derivative products. Complex option strategy that involves selling two calls and buying two calls on the same or different markets, with several maturity dates. One of the options . . . View Full Definition

Button Exchange: Network where participating sites display button ads in exchange for credits which are converted (using a predetermined exchange rate) into ads to be displayed on other sites.

Iron Butt Rally: The Iron Butt Rally is an 11 day 11,000 mile trip around the perimeter of the United States. It has a series of checkpoints that must be visited within a two-hour window.

Button mashing: This is the act of randomly hitting buttons on a game controller without knowing the correct actions to make. The term is most commonly associated with fighting games that require precise bu . . . View Full Definition

Buttonhook: The buttonhook route is when a receiver runs straight upfield a certain distance and then plants hard and runs straight back towards the quarterback. Often simply called a hook route or a di . . . View Full Definition

Butte: A conspicuous hill with steep sides and a flat top. The top is usually a cap-rock of resistant material. This structure is frequently an erosional remnant in an area of flat-lying sedimentary rocks.

Butterfly: A warm-up pose. Sit on the floor with your spine straight. Bend your knees to the side and bring the soles of your feet together in front of your body.

Butterfly Lighting: Lighting in which the main source of light is -placed high and directly in front of the subject.

Butt Joint: The junction where the ends of two timbers meet, and also where sheets of drywall meet on the 4 foot edge. To place materials end-to-end or end-to-edge without overlapping.