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• bute
  bute

  noun

  phenylbutazone.
• Bute
  Bute

  noun

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

Veterinarian Alex Harthill had given the colt a dose of bute six days before the race, seemingly enough time for it to clear his system.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2019

Bute masks many pains, and horses run on bute when they should be in rehab.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015

And obviously there were dead horses, lacking proper horse passports and stuffed with a horse aspirin called bute, which are contaminating our burgers, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, our chocolates even.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2013

Ne beo in hire naþing iwrat bute chirche bisocnie ⁊ beode to criste ⁊ eoten ⁊ drinken mid griðe ⁊ mid 80 gledscipe.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph