- Max Butting (October 6, 1888 in Berlin, German Empire – July 13, 1976 in Berlin, East Germany) was a German composer.
- (Butting) Method of fighting among goats in which they hit each other with their heads.
- (Butting) A term used in candle-magick to describe the act of cutting the tip off of a candle, turning it upside down and digging a new tip out of the bottom. Symbolically this is said to reverse people and conditions as symbolized by the color of the candle or the words carved upon it. ...
- (Butting) Tubing (generally aluminum framing) that is thinner in the middle for weight reduction and thicker at the end where it is welded.
- (Butting) elements with simple (sub-)radial sutures.
- (butting) Bringing two edges together so they touch but do not overlap.
- Thicker at the ends. Said of spokes and frame tubing. (Butted spokes are also called "swaged") Butted tubing is usually made with a constant outside diameter, but thicker walls at the ends. ...
- Bicycle frame tubes that have thicker walls at the ends where they are welded to other frame tubes. Thicker tubing at the ends adds strength while thinner tubes in the middle portions help minimize weight and help improve ride comfort by minimizing vibration.
- When the metal wall of a bicycle frame is thicker at the end than in the middle, we say it is "butted". See "double-butted." Other parts of the bike, including the fork, can be made of butted tubing.