bute

¹ American  

[byoot] / byut /

noun

Slang.

1. phenylbutazone.

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Bute ² American  

[byoot] / byut /

noun

1. Also Buteshire a historic county in SW Scotland, composed of three islands in the Firth of Clyde.

2. an island in the Firth of Clyde, in SW Scotland: part of the county Bute. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

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Bute ¹ British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. an island off the coast of SW Scotland, in Argyll and Bute council area: situated in the Firth of Clyde, separated from the Cowal peninsula by the Kyles of Bute . Chief town: Rothesay. Pop: 7228 (2001). Area: 121 sq km (47 sq miles)

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Bute ² British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. John Stuart , 3rd Earl of Bute. 1713–92, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1762–63)

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Etymology

Origin of bute

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

At present, any horse not signed out of the human food chain cannot be given certain drugs, such as painkiller phenylbutazone, or 'bute'.

From BBC

Most were for excessive use of phenylbutazone, a commonly used anti-inflammatory known as bute.

From Los Angeles Times

“I took cortisone and another medicine that made me feel awful. I’d belch and blue smoke would come out. Really. I looked at the medicine bottle and it was ‘bute.’

From Washington Post

Traces of the anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone, known as bute, were found in Dancer’s Image’s post-race urinalysis.

From Seattle Times

Guillermo said the medication ban would include anti-inflammatory drugs known as “bute,” which she said have been excessively used to mask horses’ discomfort from pre-existing injuries, keeping them in competition when they should be resting.

From Reuters