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buto

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bu·to or bu·toh  (bt)
n.
A dance form developed in postwar Japan which rejects Eastern and Western dance conventions, expressing intense emotions through slow, controlled, and sometimes distorted movements.
[Japanese but, short for (ankoku) but, dance (of darkness) : Chinese (Mandarin) w, dance + Chinese (Mandarin) tà, step, stamping.]


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It was a heavy spear shod with iron, and behind it were the giant muscles of the ape-man, while coming to meet it was the enormous weight of Buto and the momentum of his rapid rush.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Nor is the matter of little moment to one whom Buto charges, for if he be caught and tossed, the chances are that naught will interest him thereafter.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Here Buto, the rhinoceros, blundered blindly in his solitary majesty, while by night the great cats paced silently upon their padded feet beneath the dense canopy of overreaching trees toward the broad plain beyond, where they found their best hunting.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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