butt load
Whole lot, casually
Butt load (also buttload) is an informal term for a large, unspecified quantity: I have a butt load of work to finish.
Though it sounds like crude slang, the term has roots in an actual unit of measurement—a butt was a large cask holding about 126 gallons of wine.
The historical origin rarely matters to speakers, who use it simply as a colorful way to say "a lot."
Heavy mass unit
- heapJumbled collection of items
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- massQuantity of matter
- bunchGrouped collection of items
abundance · plethora · mountain · ocean · flood · multitude · myriad · scores
Informal term for plenty
- gobsHeaps, informally
- scadsInformal term for plenty
- zillionsInformal term for countless
- bajillionsPlayful term for countless
gazillions · crapload · crapton · truckload · boatload · shipload · shedload · bucketload
Wooden storage barrel
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- tunLarge brewing cask
- hogsheadLarge liquid storage barrel
liquid measure · capacity · gallon · medieval · vineyard · winery · merchant
Excessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- saturationState of complete permeation
overflow · deluge · torrent · inundation · avalanche · overkill · superabundance · too much
ton
Heavy mass unit
bunch · abundance · plethora · mountain · ocean · flood · multitude · myriad · scores · profusion
oodles
Informal term for plenty
bajillions · gazillions · crapload · crapton · truckload · boatload · shipload · shedload · bucketload · cartload
cask
Wooden storage barrel
hogshead · liquid measure · capacity · gallon · medieval · vineyard · winery · merchant
glut
Excessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
saturation · overflow · deluge · torrent · inundation · avalanche · overkill · superabundance · too much · more than enough